Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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| Born | 1923 (age 93–94) or 1921 (age 95–96) Riyadh, Sultanate of Nejd |
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| House | House of Saud | ||||
| Father | King Abdulaziz | ||||
| Mother | Bazza II | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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| Bandar bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud |
Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: بندر بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, born 1923) is a Saudi royal and the tenth son of King Abdulaziz, the first monarch of Saudi Arabia. He is the eldest surviving member of the ruling branch of the House of Saud (agnatic descendants of Ibn Saud).
Bandar was reportedly born in Riyadh in 1923, though Talal Kapoor reports his birth year as 1921. His mother, Bazza II, a Syrian or Moroccan woman, died in 1940. He was the tenth son of King Abdulaziz, and his full brother was Prince Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Prince Bandar stepped aside from the line of succession, despite opposition to Sultan bin Abdulaziz's appointment as second deputy prime minister by King Fahd in 1982. He was given a huge bribe by which he agreed to settle down and to step aside from the throne. His only government service had been as the director general of the Interior Ministry, and the fact that his mother was Moroccan may also have counted against him. Similar claims by Musaid, his full brother, were rejected because his son had assassinated King Faisal in 1975. As compensation, however, two of Bandar's sons were given important jobs: Mansour bin Bandar was made the commander of Prince Abdullah Air Base at Jeddah and Faisal bin Bandar the governor of Al-Qassim Province.
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