Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Prince Mansour bin Abdulaziz, first defense minister of Saudi Arabia
Prince Mansour in 1944
Minister of Defense and Aviation
In office10 November 1943 – 2 May 1951
PredecessorOffice established
SuccessorMishaal bin Abdulaziz
MonarchAbdulaziz
Born1921
Riyadh, Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
Died2 May 1951 (aged 29–30)
Paris, France
Burial
Issue
List
  • Prince Talal
  • Princess Mudhi
Names
Mansour bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Abdulaziz
MotherShahida

Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: منصور بن عبد العزيز آل سعود Manṣūr ibn ‘Abdul‘azīz Āl Su‘ūd; 1921 – 2 May 1951) was a Saudi royal and politician who served as the defense minister of Saudi Arabia between 1943 and 1951. During his lifetime Prince Mansour was the third most powerful son of King Abdulaziz after Prince Faisal and Crown Prince Saud.[1]

  1. ^ Isadore Jay Gold (1984). The United States and Saudi Arabia, 1933-1953: Post-Imperial Diplomacy and the Legacy of British Power (PhD thesis). Columbia University. p. 21. ProQuest 303285941.