Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | |
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ولي عهد العربية السعودية | |
His Royal Highness | |
Appointer | The King with approval of the Allegiance Council |
Term length | At the King's pleasure or until accession as King |
Inaugural holder | Saud bin Abdulaziz |
Formation | 11 May 1933 |
Website | https://houseofsaud.com/ |
Member State of the Arab League |
Basic Law |
Saudi Arabia portal |
The crown prince of Saudi Arabia (
Styles of the Crown Prince
Styles of The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia | |
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His Royal Highness | |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
The Crown Prince is referred to as His Royal Highness and then Sir from there after.
History of the crown prince position
The last crown prince of the
When King Abdulaziz discussed succession before his death, he was seen to favor Prince Faisal as a possible successor over crown prince Saud due to Faisal's extensive knowledge from years of experience. Many years before, King Abdulaziz recognized Faisal as the most brilliant of his sons and gave him multiple responsibilities in war and diplomacy. "I only wish I had three Faisals", King Abdulaziz once said when discussing who would succeed him.[9] However, King Abdulaziz made the decision to keep Prince Saud as crown prince. His last words to his two sons, the future King Saud and the next in line Prince Faisal, who were already battling each other, were "You are brothers, unite!"[10] Shortly before his death, King Abdulaziz stated, "Verily, my children and my possessions are my enemies."[11]
A fierce power struggle between Abdulaziz's most senior sons, Saud and Faisal, erupted immediately after Abdulaziz's death. Faisal was declared the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia in 1954, but had limited powers. Soon after, Saudi Arabia began having financial issues and debt as a result of Saud's disastrous policies.[12] Saud was often associated among other things with the plundering of oil revenues, luxurious palaces, and conspiracy inside and outside of Saudi Arabia while Faisal was associated with sobriety, piety, puritanism, thriftiness, and modernization.[13] As the issues in Saudi Arabia worsened, the House of Saud forced King Saud to delegate most of his executive powers to Faisal in 1958. However, Faisal was still unable to use his powers as Saud continued to block them, which prompted Faisal to resign in 1960, although he returned to the position in 1962.[14] On 4 March 1964, Faisal and his brothers launched a bloodless coup d'état against Saud. Faisal was made regent, and Saud remained King as a purely ceremonial role. In November, the ulema, cabinet and senior members of the ruling family forced Saud to abdicate altogether, and Faisal became king in his own right.[15][16][17] On 6 January 1965, Saud went to the palace with his uncle Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman to declare his allegiance to King Faisal.[18]
The next in line, Prince Mohammed, was crown prince for a short time but disclaimed that title in favour of Prince Khalid in 1965.
Shortly after King Faisal was assassinated by his nephew, Khalid became the King of Saudi Arabia and Fahd became the crown prince. During Khalid and Fahd's reigns, both adopted conservative Islamic policies after the 1979 Grand Mosque seizure.[19] When King Fahd had a stroke in 1995, crown prince Abdullah became the formal Regent for the remainder of Fahd's reign. When Abdullah became King, he began to modernize Saudi Arabia. He allowed women the right to vote and to work in government positions.[20] Abdullah also created the Allegiance Council, a body that is composed of the sons and grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder, King Abdulaziz, to vote by a secret ballot to choose future kings and crown princes.
As the nation became a
Crown Princes of Saudi Arabia (1933–present)
Name | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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King Salman and Fahda bint Falah bin Sultan Al Hithalayn Al Ajmi | Saud |
History of the second deputy prime minister position
The honorific title of "Second Deputy Prime Minister" goes back to 1967, in order to designate who was the senior prince not excluded from the throne. The position was created by King Faisal.
In March 1965, under pressure from King Faisal and the House of Saud, crown prince Mohammed stepped down as apparent to the Saudi throne. Mohammed was known to have temper issues and drinking problems.[25][26][27] As a result, King Faisal installed Prince Khalid as crown prince. However, he was reluctant to accept the offer of King Faisal to be named crown prince several times until March 1965. In addition, Khalid asked King Faisal to remove him from the position various times. One of the speculations about Prince Khalid's selection as heir designate was his lack of predilection for politics. In short, by selecting him as heir designate the royal family could create an intra-familial consensus.[28] In 1967, crown prince Khalid expressed his desire not to preside over the Council of Ministers against King Faisal's request which led to the appointment of Prince Fahd as second deputy prime minister with the task of leading the Council meetings.[29] Prince Saad and Prince Nasir, who were older than Fahd, were set aside from the throne due to being less experienced.[30]
When King Faisal was assassinated in 1975, King Khalid designated Prince Fahd as crown prince and Prince Abdullah as second deputy prime minister.
As King Khalid became ill with old age, the question of who would succeed Abdullah as the second deputy prime minister became more pressing. Prince Abdullah was succeeded by Prince Sultan as de facto Deputy Prime Ministers of The Kingdom.
Second Deputy Prime Ministers of Saudi Arabia (1967–2011)
Name | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi | Saud |
History of the deputy crown prince position
The
Deputy Crown Princes of Saudi Arabia (2014–2017)
Name | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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Al Saud |
Royal Standard
The Royal Flag of the crown prince consists of a green flag, with an
The script on the flag is written in the Thuluth script. It is the shahada or Islamic declaration of faith:
- لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله
- lā ʾilāha ʾillā-llāh, muḥammadu rasūlu-llāh
- There is no other god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.[31]
See also
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