Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

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Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
MotherBazza II

Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (

Allegiance Commission
. However, he died on 19 July 2008, some six months after the establishment of the council.

Early life and education

Prince Fawwaz was born in

Bandar bin Abdulaziz.[5][6] Fawwaz received his early education at the Princes' School in Riyadh.[2]

Career

Prince Fawwaz was governor of Riyadh from 1960 to 1961.

Grand Mosque Seizure occurred.[9][10] After this event, he was removed from office for corruption allegations by the group which seized the mosque.[10][11][12] There is another report arguing that following the incident Prince Fawwaz resigned from the office citing health problems.[13]

Free Princes Movement

Prince Fawwaz, together with Prince Talal and Prince Badr, was a member of the Free Princes Movement from 1962 to February 1964.[4][5] He defected to the United Arab Republic with his half-brothers Badr and Abdul Muhsin and their cousin Fahd bin Saad, but they returned to Saudi Arabia upon their rehabilitation by Crown Prince Faisal on 22 January 1964.[6][14] Upon their return they published a statement acknowledging their mistake in criticizing the Saudi government.[14]

Personal life

Prince Fawwaz was married to Fawzia bint Hussain Izzat.[5][15] He had only an adopted son who could not replace him in the Allegiance Council. He had a wide range of business activities related to property development in the kingdom. His wife and he also had a company based in Jeddah.[15]

Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz was one of the royal family members who were harshly criticised by

Grand Mosque of Mecca in 1979, for his unabashed drinking, gambling, and corruption.[11][12]

Death

Fawwaz died in Paris on 19 July 2008, at the age of 74, after suffering from a disease.

King Hamad of Bahrain;[18] the emir of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah;[19] and the emir and crown prince of Qatar.[20]

Honors

Prince Fawwaz was the recipient of several decorations, including the Order of Cedar of Lebanon and various orders of merit from different countries.[21]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b "His Royal Highness Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz". Ministry of Interior. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Saudi royal court mourns Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz". Ain al Yaqeen. 29 July 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. ISBN 978-0-88093-859-4
    .
  4. ^
    OCLC 476709498. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  5. ^
    OCLC 924353889
    .
  6. ^ a b "Appendix 6. The Sons of Abdulaziz" (PDF). Springer. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. ^ Yitzhak Oron, ed. (1961). Middle East Record. Vol. 2. Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translations for Tel Aviv University. p. 420.
  8. OCLC 5548706854
    .
  9. S2CID 154398218
    .
  10. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7656-3347-7
    .
  11. ^
    OCLC 640954800
    .
  12. ^
    ISBN 978-1-351-16962-2
    .
  13. ISBN 978-0801494840
    .
  14. ^
    JSTOR 4323704
    .
  15. ^
    ISBN 978-1-85333-894-6
    .
  16. ^ "Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz passes away". Saudi Press Agency. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  17. OCLC 1058645598
    .
  18. ^ "Bahraini Leadership Condole Saudi Arabia". Bahrain News Agency. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Kuwait Amir sends cable of condolences to Saudi King". Kuwait News Agency. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  20. ^ "Qatar Premier condoles the Saudi Monarch". Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  21. ISBN 9783598077357
    .

External links

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