Loading AI tools
Saudi royal and businessman (born 1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Saud (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن عبد الله آل سعود ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd Allāh Āl Suʿūd; born 27 October 1962) is a Saudi royal, the fourth son of King Abdullah, and a businessman who served as the deputy minister of foreign affairs from 2011 to 2015.
| Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Saud | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abdulaziz bin Abdullah in London, December 2014 | |||||
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||
| In office | 22 July 2011 — April 2015 | ||||
Monarch | |||||
Prime Minister | King Abdullah King Salman | ||||
| Born | 27 October 1962 Riyadh | ||||
| Spouse |
| ||||
| Issue |
| ||||
| |||||
| House | Al Saud | ||||
| Father | King Abdullah | ||||
| Mother | Aida Fustuq | ||||
| Alma mater | University of Hertfordshire | ||||
Prince Abdulaziz was born in Riyadh on 27 October 1962.[1][2] He is the fourth son of King Abdullah.[3] His mother is Aida Fustuq, a Lebanese woman of Palestinian descent.[4] His full sister is Adila bint Abdullah.[5]
Abdulaziz bin Abdullah graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science[2] in 1986.
Abdulaziz bin Abdullah served in the Saudi Arabian National Guard for fifteen years in different positions.[6] In 1991, he was appointed as an advisor to Crown Prince Abdullah.[6][7] Specifically, he was advisor of the Crown Prince Abdullah for Syrian affairs.[8] He was also a state minister.[9]
King Abdullah appointed Prince Abdulaziz as deputy foreign minister on 22 July 2011.[6][10] During the Syrian civil war, Prince Abdulaziz asked Turkey to establish "nerve centre" attempting to topple Bashar Assad.[11] The center was founded in Adana in the mid-2012.[11] Prince Abdulaziz personally dealt with Bashar Assad's file following the civil war in Syria.[12]
Prince Abdulaziz represented Saudi Arabia at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran from 30 to 31 August 2012, since foreign affairs minister Prince Saud had an operation and could not attend the meeting.[13][14] Prince Abdulaziz met with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad during his stay in Tehran.[14] His tenure ended in April 2015 when Saud Al Faisal resigned from his post as foreign minister due to health concerns.[15]
Prince Abdulaziz is owner of Tower Lane Properties, a land development firm. It is reported that the company spent $12 million on five-and-a-quarter acres of land in the Benedict Canyon in 2009, and applied for permits to build a mansion. The project, later, was reduced to 60,000-square-foot. However, more than 1,000 residents of the area signed a petition against this project, requiring an environmental review. The Prince's lawyers filed a case against this petition.[16] Prince Abdulaziz won his lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles in late August 2012.[17]
Abdulaziz bin Abdullah founded the Centennial Fund in July 2004 and is the chairman of the Fund which is a nonprofit organization with the goal of supporting the Saudi business.[10][18] He is also one of the members of the KAUST Board of Trustees.[19][20] Delano Roosevelt, who is a grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Prince Abdulaziz jointly established the Friends of Saudi Arabia.[21] This organization seeks to foster the friendly relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States.[10] Prince Abdulaziz is also chairman of the board of trustees of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Award for Translation.[22]
Abdulaziz bin Abdullah is one of three members of the Allegiance Council who did not support the appointment of Mohammad bin Salman as crown prince on 21 June 2017.[23] The others were Muhammad bin Saad Al Saud and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.[23] Abdulaziz represented his older brother, Khalid bin Abdullah, when the opinions of the council members were asked.[23]
Abdulaziz bin Abdullah is married and has four children, three from his previous marriage to Abeer bint Turki bin Nasser,[24] and one from Nathalie Ghassan Maamary.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
