Naif ibn Abd al-Aziz

Naif ibn Abd al-Aziz (2011)

Prince Naif (also Nayef ) ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Saud ( Arabic نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, DMG Nāyif b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd ; * 1933 or 1934 in Ta'if , Saudi Arabia ; † June 16, 2012 in Geneva , Switzerland ) was the Crown Prince , Vice Prime Minister and Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia. He belonged to the Sudairi Seven , the sons of King Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud and the Hasa bint Sudairi .

Life

Early in his career he developed a loyalty to his brothers. His mentor and predecessor as Minister of the Interior was his oldest biological brother, who later became King Fahd . Periods of resentment among the Sudairi Seven were settled by Sultan ibn Abd al-Aziz . The stroke and death of King Fahd in 2005 diminished his influence on politics.

Under his aegis, the first identity cards for women in Saudi Arabia were issued in 2001 . Prince Naif worked to ensure that Saudi Arabia becomes an economic center for the Middle East . Compared to King Abdullah , who has sent cautious signals in the direction of reforms in recent years, Naif was considered conservative, for example on the issue of women's rights.

In 2009, Prince Naif was appointed second deputy prime minister by King Abdullah because Crown Prince Sultan was seriously ill. After Crown Prince Sultan's death in 2011, he was, as expected, made the new Crown Prince, but died shortly afterwards.

His son Mohammed ibn Naif , born in 1959, was named Deputy Crown Prince in January 2015 and Crown Prince in April 2015. However, he lost this status again on June 20, 2017 and also had to resign as Minister of the Interior.

Offices

• 1953–1954: Governor of Riyadh
• 1970: Deputy Minister of the Interior
• 1970: Minister of State for Internal Affairs and President of the Supreme Information Council
• 1975–2012: Minister of the Interior
• 2009–2011: Deputy Deputy Prime Minister
• 2011–2012: Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister

literature

• Najef bin Abdul Asis al Saud , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 41/2012 from October 9, 2012, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

 Wikinews: Saudi Crown Prince Naif ibn Abd al-Aziz dies  - News

• Government of Saudi Arabia: Naif bin Abdul Aziz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Biography and history ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Information on the Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University homepage (accessed June 17, 2012). 
2. ↑ Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Biographical information on the homepage of the Saudi Ariabian Embassy in Washington DC, United States (accessed June 17, 2012). 
3. ↑ Crown Prince died. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 16, 2012.
4. ↑ Yassin Musharbash: Prince Hardliner. In: Spiegel Online , October 24, 2011.
5. ↑ Gudrun Harrer : Open question of heir to the throne in Riyadh. In: Der Standard , March 30, 2009.
6. ↑ Saudi King names Prince Nayef as heir and deputy PM; Obama congratulates Saudis. ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: al-Arabiya , October 28, 2011 (English). 
7. ↑ Saudi Arabia exchanges its crown prince . In: welt.de . June 21, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2018.