Sultan bin Abdul Aziz is one of the most powerful members of the Saudi royal family.
His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al Saud (Arabic: صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود) (born January 5, 1928 in Riyadh) is one of the most powerful princes in Saudi Arabia. He has been the Minister of Defense and Aviation since 1962, and in 1982 was named by his full brother King Fahd as Second Deputy Prime Minister, the position Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah each held immediately before becoming Crown Prince. Thus, though there is no formal line of succession in the Kingdom after the Crown Prince, he is generally considered likely to be the next Crown Prince, and thus second in line to be king.
He is also the inspector general for the kingdom, and is Chairman of the Board of Saudi Arabia's national airline, Saudi Arabian Airlines.
He is one of the Sudairi Seven, seven close-knit sons of King Abdul Aziz "ibn Saud" by Hassa bint Ahmad Sudairi, of whom King Fahd is the oldest. Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, the Interior Minister, and Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, the Governor of Riyadh, are among the others.
Crown Prince SultanbinAbdulAziz al-Saud (Arabic: صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود) (born January 5, 1928 in Riyadh) is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and First Deputy Prime Minister.
Prince Sultan was appointed Governor of Riyadh in 1947.
His son, Prince Bandar binSultan, is the former Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, while another son, Prince Khalid binSultan, was a key Saudi general in the 1991 Gulf War.
Fahd was a son of KingAbdulAzizbinAbdul Rahman Al-Saud, known as ibn Saud, the founder and first monarch of modern Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad bin Fahd binAbdulAzizAlSaud (born 1950), governor of the Eastern province.
The body was carried by the Fahd's son, Prince AbdulAzizbin Fahd, to the mosque and to the Al Od Cemetery some two kilometers away, a public cemetery where Fahd’s four predecessors and other members of the AlSaud ruling family are buried.
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