Mutaib bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | |||||
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Minister of National Guard | |||||
in office | 27 May 2013 - 2017 | ||||
Predecessor | Office established | ||||
Monarch |
Abdullah Salman |
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Chief of the National Guard | |||||
in office | 17 November 2010 - 27 May 2013 | ||||
Predecessor | Abdullah | ||||
Successor | Office abolished | ||||
Monarch | Abdullah | ||||
Born |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
26 March 1952 ||||
Spouse | Jawahir bint Abdallah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud | ||||
Issue | Seba Nouf Abdullah Zeina Saad Khalid |
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House | House of Saud | ||||
Father | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | ||||
Mother | Munira bint Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Otaishan | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Full name | |
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Mutaib II bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saud |
Styles of Mutaib II bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud |
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Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Mutaib II bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: متعب الثاني بن عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, Mutʿib aṯ-ṯānī bin ʿAbd Allāh bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ʾĀl Suʿūd, alternative spelling Miteb) (born 26 March 1952) is a member of House of Saud who has served as Saudi Arabia's Minister of the National Guard since 27 May 2013. Previously he was commander of the National Guard from 2010 to 2013.
Prince Mutaib was born in Riyadh on 26 March 1952. However, there is another report, giving his birth year as 1953. He is one of 34 children and the third son of King Abdullah. His mother is Munira Al Otaishan.
Mutaib bin Abdullah and his older brother Khalid attended the Taif-Barmana School in Lebanon and secondary school in Jeddah. Later, he graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as a lieutenant in 1974. He received a master’s degree at King Khalid Military College.
Prince Mutaib served as head of the commission responsible for reviewing the curricula of military college built in 1982. One year later, in 1983, King Fahd promoted Captain Mutaib bin Abdullah to the rank of Colonel, and he was also appointed commander of the King Khalid Military City.
In 1990, he began to serve as deputy head of the military under the chairmanship of the National Guard in addition to his post as the commander of the King Khalid military college and the National Guard military college. In 1995, he was promoted to the rank of the team captain. On 21 December 2000, Mutaib bin Abdullah was made deputy assistant chief of National Guard responsible for military affairs and was also promoted to the rank of general. In June 2009, King Abdullah appointed him as deputy commander of SANG responsible for executive affairs at the rank of minister.