Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

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Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation
In office1978 – 5 November 2011
Predecessor
Khalid bin Sultan
Prime Minister
List
Born1931
King Abdulaziz
MotherHussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
Alma mater

Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (

Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, ʿAbd ar Raḥman ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd; 1931 – 13 July 2017) was a senior member of the House of Saud and Saudi Arabian deputy minister of defense and aviation. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living member of the Sudairi Seven.[1][2]

Early life and education

Abdul Rahman was born in 1931

King Abdulaziz and third son of Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi.[5] He was the first of King Abdulaziz's sons to study in the West[4][6] and received a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from the University of California, Berkeley.[3] He also graduated from the California Military Academy.[7][8]

Career

Prince Abdul Rahman was the counsellor for royal family affairs during the mid-1970s.

Prince Turki, as the deputy minister of defense and aviation in 1978 when Turki resigned.[11] Prince Abdul Rahman also involved in business activities.[11] [12]

During

Prince Sultan’s absence from the Kingdom for medical treatment, he increased his activity at the ministry. Abdul Rahman was often described as becoming more irritable with age.[1]

He was relieved from his post as deputy minister on 5 November 2011. According to

Prince Nayef, he refused to declare allegiance to Nayef.[13]

Views and succession

Following the Gulf War Prince Abdul Rahman as deputy defense minister objected to the request of Prince Khalid bin Sultan to be named as the chief of staff of the Saudi army.[14]

Personal life and death

Prince Abdul Rahman married Maha Al Ibrahim, sister of King Fahd's wife

Waleed Al Ibrahim).[15] His another wife was Munira bint Turki bin Ahmed Al Sudairi.[16] His son-in-law is Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Sha'lan.[17] One of Abdul Rahman's son, Mohammed, was named the deputy governor of Riyadh in 2017.[18]

Abdul Rahman died on 13 July 2017 at the age of 86.

One of his sons, Saud, died in November 2021, just a few years after Abdul Rahman.

Ancestry

References

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  17. ^ Doug Ireland (6 May 2004). "Royal Coke". LA Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  18. ^ Karen Elliott House (June 2017). "Saudi Arabia in Transition: From Defense to Offense, But How to Score?" (Senior Fellow Paper). Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. p. 5. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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