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Naif Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

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Naif Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Birth
Mecca, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Death
16 Jun 2012 (aged 77–78)
Geneva, Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Burial
Mecca, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Add to Map
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Arabic: نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود‎, Nāyif ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, also spelled Nayef or Naeif

77; Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as well as first deputy prime minister from 2011 to 2012. He was also minister of interior from 1975 to 2012.

Nayef bin Abdulaziz was born in Ta'if in 1934 to Ibn Saud (King Abdulaziz) and Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, making him one of the Sudairi Seven. He was the twenty-third son of King Abdulaziz.

Prince Nayef received education at Princes' School and from senior ulema (Muslim legal scholars).

In March 1975, after King Faisal's assassination, then-minister of interior Prince Fahd became the crown prince and Prince Nayef was appointed as the minister of interior by King Khalid.

Children: Princess Jawahir, Princess Noura, Prince Saud, Crown Prince Muhammad

Burial June 17, 2012 at Al Adl cemetery, Mecca
Arabic: نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود‎, Nāyif ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, also spelled Nayef or Naeif

77; Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as well as first deputy prime minister from 2011 to 2012. He was also minister of interior from 1975 to 2012.

Nayef bin Abdulaziz was born in Ta'if in 1934 to Ibn Saud (King Abdulaziz) and Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, making him one of the Sudairi Seven. He was the twenty-third son of King Abdulaziz.

Prince Nayef received education at Princes' School and from senior ulema (Muslim legal scholars).

In March 1975, after King Faisal's assassination, then-minister of interior Prince Fahd became the crown prince and Prince Nayef was appointed as the minister of interior by King Khalid.

Children: Princess Jawahir, Princess Noura, Prince Saud, Crown Prince Muhammad

Burial June 17, 2012 at Al Adl cemetery, Mecca

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