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Nayef, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
نايف بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود
Former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
First Deputy Prime Minister
Tenure 27 October 2011 – 16 June 2012
Predecessor Sultan
Successor Salman
Monarch Abdullah
Second Deputy Prime Minister
Tenure 27 March 2009 – 27 October 2011
Predecessor Sultan
Successor Muqrin
Monarch Abdullah
Minister of Interior
Tenure 11 October 1975 – 16 June 2012
Predecessor Fahd
Successor Ahmed
Monarch
Born 1934
Taif, Saudi Arabia
Died 16 June 2012(2012-06-16) (aged 77–78)
Geneva, Switzerland
Burial 17 June 2012
Al Adl cemetery, Mecca
Issue Princess Jawahir
Princess Noura
Prince Saud
Crown Prince Muhammad
House House of Saud
Father Abdulaziz
Mother Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
Religion Sunni Islam
Styles of
Crown Prince Nayef
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Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness

Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود‎‎, Nāyif ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd), also spelled Naif or Naeif (1934 – 16 June 2012), was the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as well as first deputy prime minister from 2011 to 2012. He was also minister of interior from 1975 to 2012.

Nayef bin Abdulaziz was born in Ta'if in 1934 to Ibn Saud (King Abdulaziz) and Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, making him one of the Sudairi Seven. He was the twenty-third son of King Abdulaziz.

Prince Nayef received education at Princes' School and from senior ulema (Muslim legal scholars). Additionally, he was educated in diplomacy and security affairs.

From 1952 to 1953, Prince Nayef served as vice governor of Riyadh Province. In 1953, he was appointed as the governor of Riyadh province and stayed in this post for one year. He then served as governor of Madinah Province. In 1970, King Faisal appointed him to both deputy interior minister and minister of state for internal affairs.

In March 1975, after King Faisal's assassination, then-minister of interior Prince Fahd became the crown prince and Prince Nayef was appointed as the minister of interior by King Khalid.

In December 1994, he ordered hundreds of terrorism-related arrests with the support of Prince Turki, head of Saudi intelligence services.


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