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Muqrin bin Abdulaziz

Muqrin bin Abdulaziz
Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.jpg
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
In office 23 January 2015 – 29 April 2015
Predecessor Salman
Successor Muhammad bin Nayef
Monarch Salman
Director General of Saudi Intelligence Agency
In office October 2005 – 19 July 2012
Predecessor Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz
Successor Bandar bin Sultan
Monarch Abdullah
Governor of Madinah Province
In office 1999–2005
Predecessor Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz
Successor Abdulaziz bin Majid
Monarch Fahd
Governor of Hail Province
In office 1980–1999
Successor Saud bin Abdul Muhsin
Monarch Khalid
Fahd
Born (1945-09-15) 15 September 1945 (age 71)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Spouse Abta bint Hamoud Al Rashid
Issue Mudahawi
Layla
Mishail
Abta
Nuf
Lamiya
Jawahir
Fahd
Abdul Aziz
Faisal
Turki
Mansur
Bandur
Full name
Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
House House of Saud
Father Abdulaziz
Mother Baraka Al Yamaniyah
Religion Islam
Full name
Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Styles of
Prince Muqrin
Coat of arms of Saudi Arabia.svg
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness

Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مقرن بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود‎‎; born 15 September 1945) is a member of House of Saud who served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from January to April 2015. He was Director General of Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah (Saudi Intelligence Agency) from 2005 to 2012. In July 2012, Muqrin was appointed King Abdullah's Advisor and Special Envoy with the rank of minister. On 1 February 2013, King Abdullah named him as Second Deputy Prime Minister, being the fifth Saudi royal to hold this position. This post was previously held by King Fahd, King Abdullah, Crown Prince Sultan, and Crown Prince Nayef. On 27 March 2014, he was named Deputy Crown Prince making him second in the line of succession behind his brother Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. On 23 January 2015, upon King Abdullah's death and the accession of King Salman, Muqrin became Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister. On 29 April 2015, King Salman replaced Prince Muqrin with Prince Muhammad bin Nayef as Crown Prince.

Muqrin bin Abdulaziz was born in Riyadh on 15 September 1945. He is the 35th and, following the death of his younger half-brother Hamoud in 1994, the youngest surviving son of King Abdulaziz. His mother, Baraka Al Yamaniyah, was Yemeni. who was the eighteenth spouse of King Abdulaziz.

Muqrin studied at the Riyadh Model Institute. He, then, went to Britain's RAF College in Cranwell and graduated with a degree in aeronautics at the rank of flight lieutenant in 1968. He also received a diploma, equivalent to a master's degree, from the General Staff course in the United States in 1974.


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