Sultan bin Abdulaziz

Sultan bin Abdulaziz
Official portrait, 1970s
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
First Deputy Prime Minister
Tenure1 August 2005 – 22 October 2011
Monarch
Prime Minister
King Abdullah
PredecessorAbdullah bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorNayef bin Abdulaziz
Second Deputy Prime Minister
Tenure13 June 1982 – 1 August 2005
Monarch
Prime Minister
King Fahd
PredecessorAbdullah bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorNayef bin Abdulaziz
Minister of Defense and Aviation
Tenure22 October 1963 – 22 October 2011
Deputy
Prime Minister
PredecessorMuhammed bin Saud Al Saud
SuccessorSalman of Saudi Arabia
Governor of Riyadh Province
Tenure22 February 1947 – 24 December 1953
Appointed by
King Abdulaziz
PredecessorNasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
SuccessorNayef bin Abdulaziz
Bornc. (1928-01-05)5 January 1928
Riyadh, Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
Died22 October 2011(2011-10-22) (aged 83)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Burial25 October 2011
SpouseSee list
Issue
Names
Sultan bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saud
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Abdulaziz
MotherHussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi

Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (c. 5 January 1928 – 22 October 2011) (Arabic: سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود, Sulṭān ibn ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Suʿūd), called Sultan the Good (سلطان الخير, Sulṭan al Khair) in Saudi Arabia,[1] was the Saudi defense minister from 1963 to 2011 and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until his death in October 2011.

  1. ^ "The Dream of Gerontocracy". The Weekly Middle East Reporter. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2013.