Saud bin Nayef Al Saud

Saud bin Nayef Al Saud
Governor of Eastern Province
In office14 January 2013 – present
PredecessorMohammed bin Fahd
Monarch
  • Abdullah
  • Salman
Head of the Crown Prince Court
In officeNovember 2011 – 14 January 2013
PredecessorAli bin Ibrahim Al Hadeethi
SuccessorMohammed bin Salman Al Saud
MonarchAbdullah
Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Spain
In office10 September 2003 – July 2011
PredecessorAbdulaziz Al Thunayan[1]
SuccessorMansour bin Khaled bin Abdullah Al Farhan[2]
Monarch
Born1956 (age 67–68)
SpousePrincess Abeer bint Faisal bin Turki
Issue
List
HouseAl Saud
FatherNayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
MotherAl Jawhara bint Abdulaziz bin Musaid Al Jiluwi
Alma materUniversity of Portland

Saud bin Nayef Al Saud (Arabic: سعود بن نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 1956) is a Saudi Arabian politician who has served as governor of Eastern Province since 2013. A member of the House of Saud, he is the former head of the Crown Prince Court and special advisor to the Saudi Crown Prince. Prince Saud was once regarded as one of the candidates for king or crown prince when succession passed to the new generation.[3] However, on the death of King Abdullah in 2015, he was passed over in the line of succession in favor of his younger brother Mohammed bin Nayef. Prince Saud has been the governor of the Eastern Province since 13 January 2013.

  1. ^ "Royal decrees on ministerial and top-level appointments". Saudi Embassy. 7 June 1997. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Prince Salman arrives in Spain". Saudi Gazette. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. ^ Ellen Knickmeyer (16 June 2012). "Saudi Arabia's Enforcer of Internal Security". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 June 2012.