Badr bin Abdul-Aziz
| Badr bin Abdulaziz | |||||
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| Deputy Commander of National Guard | |||||
| In office | 1967 – 2010 | ||||
| Monarch |
King Faisal King Khalid King Fahd King Abdullah |
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| Born | 1932 | ||||
| Died | 1 April 2013 (aged 80–81) | ||||
| Spouse | Hessa bint Abdullah Al Sudairi | ||||
| Issue | Prince Fahd | ||||
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| House | House of Saud | ||||
| Father | King Abdulaziz | ||||
| Mother | Haya bint Sa'ad Al Sudairi | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
| Full name | |
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| Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
Badr bin Abdulaziz (1932 – 1 April 2013) (Arabic: بدر بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) was a long-term deputy commander of the Saudi National Guard and a senior member of the Saudi royal family.
Prince Badr was born in 1932. He was the 20th son of King Abdulaziz. His mother was Haya bint Sa'ad Al Sudairi, who died in Riyadh on 18 April 2003 of unstated causes at the age of 90 and was also buried in the aforementioned city. She was a member of powerful Sudairi family. Prince Badr's full brothers were late Prince Abdul Majeed and Prince Abdul Ilah. Prince Badr was educated in Riyadh.
Badr bin Abdulaziz together with Prince Talal and Prince Fawwaz participated in the Free Princes Movement lasting from 1962 to 1964 and lived in exile, mostly in Beirut and Cairo. He was rehabilitated by King Faisal.
King Saud appointed Prince Badr as minister of transport in 1960 and then minister of communications in 1961. His tenure lasted just for one year until his participation to the Free Princes Movement. After his rehabilitation by King Faisal, Prince Badr was appointed deputy commander of Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) in 1967. In addition, he was part of the Saudi delegations in charge of different international missions.
He also supervised the Janadriah, an annual cultural festival held in and around Riyadh. Although King Abdullah supported him, Prince Badr tended to keep a low profile and did not take part in power struggles within the family. As deputy commander of the SANG he was appointed as a member to the newly founded National Security Council in 2005. In addition, he became a member of the allegiance council of Saudi Arabia, which is in charge of succession, when it was formed in 2007.
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