Prince Saud Bin Nayef
The deposed saudi crown prince mohammed bin nayef has been confined to his palace in the red sea city of jeddah as his young successor seeks to consolidate his newfound power two sources close.
Prince saud bin nayef. Ibn saud had at least 22 wives and 44 acknowledged sons. سعود بن نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود is the former head of the crown prince court and special advisor to the saudi crown prince. He is governor of eastern province saudi arabia as well as a member of house of saud prince saud was once regarded as one of the candidates for king or crown prince when succession passed to the new.
Born 30 august 1959 is a prominent member of the house of saud he is a nephew of king salman and grandson of the founding monarch king abdulaziz his father was prince nayef who was crown prince from 2011 until his death. Prince mohammed bin nayef a committed ally of the united states and one time successor to the saudi throne has reportedly been arrested in what analysts suspect is an attempt by crown prince. Muhammad bin nayef bin abdulaziz al saud arabic.
His 23rd son nayef bin abdul aziz nayef mbn s father was second in line to the throne but died in 2012 just a few years before he would have succeeded king abdullah. Nayef bin abdulaziz al saud crown prince 2011 2012. In 1975 he was made interior minister.
Muhammad bin nayef al saud was born on 30 august 1959 in jeddah. Muhammad bin nayef bin abdulaziz al saud crown prince deputy prime minister of interior of saudi arabia chair of the new council for political and security affairs and now first in line for the throne. As a member of powerful sudairi seven nayef bin abdul aziz served as the crown prince till his death in 2012.
محمد بن نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود muḥammad bin nāyif bin abd al azīz āl sa ūd. Nayef was one of the so called sudairi seven a powerful group of seven princes born to ibn saud s favorite wife hassa bint ahmad al sudairi. Nayef succeeded crown prince sultan bin abdulaziz al saud as heir to the throne in october 2011.
His father nayef bin abdul aziz al saud was the 23rd and a favorite son of saudi arabia s founder monarch king abdulaziz. The death of crown prince nayef bin abdul aziz al saud reopens the question of succession in this crucial american ally and oil powerhouse for the second time in less than a year.
