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Nawwaf bin Nayef Al Saud (born 1988) is a member of the Saudi ruling family and a businessman. He was detained in March 2020 together with other senior royals, including Mohammed bin Nayef and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz. Nawwaf was released in August 2020.[1]
| Nawwaf bin Nayef Al Saud | |||||
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| Born | 1988 (age 35–36) | ||||
| Spouse | Al Anoud bint Sultan Al Saud | ||||
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| House | Al Saud | ||||
| Father | Nayef bin Abdulaziz | ||||
| Mother | Maha bint Mohammed Al Sudairi | ||||
Prince Nawwaf was born in 1988.[2] He is one of five children of former Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz and Maha bint Mohammed Al Sudairi.[3] His parents divorced.[4] His full siblings are Nouf, Mishail, Hayfa and Fahd.[4]
As of 2014 Nawwaf bin Nayef served as an administrative attaché at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the United States.[5] He is married to Al Anoud bint Sultan, daughter of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz.[5][6]
Nawwaf bin Nayef was arrested in March 2020 along with his older brother and former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef who was dismissed from his governmental positions in 2017.[7] They were detained together in a desert camp .[8] In the same incident their uncle and King Salman's full-brother Ahmed bin Abdulaziz was also arrested.[9][10] David D. Kirkpatrick and Ben Hubbard of The New York Times argue that this move was to eliminate the potential threats to the newly installed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.[7] In August 2020 some Twitter accounts and his lawyers reported that Prince Nawwaf had been released, but they also added that it was not clear where he was.[8][11]
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