Nayef, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
| Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud نايف بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود |
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| Former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia | |
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia First Deputy Prime Minister |
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| 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 |
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| Born | 1934 Taif, Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 16 June 2012 (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 |
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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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