Mukrin ibn Abdul-Aziz Al Saud ( Arabic مقرن بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود ; born September 15, 1945 ) is a member of the royal dynasty of Saudi Arabia , the 35th and youngest of the living sons of King Abdul-Aziz [1] [2] [3] . From January 23 to April 29, 2015 he was the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia [4] [5] .
| Mukrin ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud | |||||||
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| مقرن بن عبد العزيز آل سعود | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Salman ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud | ||||||
| Successor | Muhammad ibn Naif Al Saud | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Nawaf ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud | ||||||
| Successor | Bandar ibn Sultan Al Saud | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Abdul Majid ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud | ||||||
| Successor | Abdul Aziz ibn Majid Al Saud | ||||||
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| Successor | Saud ibn Abdul Muhsin Al-Saud | ||||||
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| Mother | Baraka al-Yamaniyya | ||||||
| Spouse | Abta Bint Hamoud Al Rashid | ||||||
| Children | Turks ibn Mukrin | ||||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||
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Biography
Born in Riyadh [6] [7] in the family of King of Saudi Arabia Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud and his concubine [6] Baraki al-Yamaniyi [8] [9] of Yemeni origin. He studied in Riyadh [1] , at the Royal Royal Air Force College in Cranwell , graduating in 1968 [1] [10] , and in the USA [1] .
Career
In 1965 he began serving in the Royal Air Force [11] , in 1970 he was appointed commander of the 2nd Air Squadron. Since 1973 he held various command positions: since 1977 - adjutant to the commander of air operations [1] , then head of operations and planning. [12]
In 1980, he left the Air Force [11] and in March was appointed by King Fahd the governor of the province of Hail [13] , since November 1999 - the governor of the province of Madina [13] . During his governorship, he paid attention to the modernization of the provincial capital [12] and the development of healthcare and education in remote areas [14] .
On October 22, 2005, by decree of King Abdullah, he was appointed head of the General Intelligence Service [13] [15] [16] [17] . On February 1, 2013, King Abdullah appointed Prince Mukrin the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of the kingdom [1] , on March 27, 2014 he was appointed Deputy Crown Prince - his half- brother Salman , which made him second in the line of succession [18] . With the death of King Abdullah on January 23, 2015, Mukrin became the Crown Prince [19] and 1st Deputy Prime Minister (according to tradition, the ruling monarch has been the prime minister of the kingdom since 1960).
On April 29, 2015, King Salman changed the succession order, relieved Mukrin of his post, and appointed the second vice-premier of Muhammad ibn Naif Al Saud , who became the new heir to the Saudi throne [20]
Rewards
- Cavalier of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for the Italian Republic ( November 16, 2007 ) [21]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Profile: Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz , Asharq Alawsat (February 2, 2013). Archived January 30, 2013. Date of treatment February 3, 2013.
- ↑ Abdullah Al Harthi . Proud of trust reposed in me by King: Muqrin , Jeddah and Riyadh: Saudi Gazette (February 2, 2013). Archived November 2, 2013. Date of treatment February 2, 2013.
- ↑ Henderson, Simon . Who Will Be the Next King of Saudi Arabia? , The Washington Institute (February 13, 2013). Date of treatment April 2, 2013.
- ↑ BBC News - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz dies
- ↑ King of Saudi Arabia radically changes the rules of succession
- ↑ 1 2 Latif, Iqbal . Two Down and One to Go - Prince Salman will be the last of Sudairi Seven! , Newsvine (16 June 2012). Archived February 19, 2013. Date of treatment June 25, 2012.
- ↑ With Prince Muqrin's Appointment, Saudi Succession Crisis Looms , The Daily Beast (February 3, 2013). Date of treatment February 12, 2013.
- ↑ The Al Saud dynasty , Islam Daily (July 6, 2006). Archived November 2, 2013. Date of appeal May 16, 2012.
- ↑ Henderson, Simon After King Abdullah (Policy Paper). Washington Institute (August 2009). Date of treatment July 28, 2012.
- ↑ Saudi king appoints his advisor as prime minister's second deputy , Al Arabiya (February 1, 2013). Date of treatment February 1, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz . Royal Embassy. Date of treatment January 25, 2015. Archived January 27, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (unavailable link) . C. Ayoub World News (October 28, 2011). Date of treatment May 24, 2012. Archived on February 4, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 General President . Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. General Intelligence Presidency. Date of treatment May 24, 2012. Archived on November 8, 2011.
- ↑ Al Mulhim, Abdulateef . Prince Muqrin: A pilot, an astronomer and a politician , Arab News (February 9, 2013). Date of treatment April 6, 2013.
- ↑ Gulf Military Forces In An Era Of Asymmetric Wars:. - Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. - P. 235. - ISBN 978-0-275-99399-3 .
- ↑ Devenny, Patrick . The List: The Middle East's Most Powerful Spooks , Foreign Policy (July 20, 2009). Archived October 15, 2012. Date of appeal May 24, 2012.
- ↑ Saudis Appoint a New Chief of Intelligence , The New York Times (October 23, 2005). Date of treatment August 5, 2012.
- ↑ Saudi Prince Muqrin named second-in-line to succeed king , Reuters (March 27, 2014). Date of treatment March 27, 2014.
- ↑ Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz dies // BBC report
- ↑ King of Saudi Arabia stripped Crown Prince status
- ↑ Onorificenze - Dettaglio del conferimento