Sultan bin Abdulaziz | |||||
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia First Deputy Prime Minister | |||||
Tenure | 1 August 2005 – 22 October 2011 | ||||
Monarch | |||||
Prime Minister | King Abdullah | ||||
Predecessor | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz | ||||
Successor | Nayef bin Abdulaziz | ||||
Second Deputy Prime Minister | |||||
Tenure | 13 June 1982 – 1 August 2005 | ||||
Monarch | |||||
Prime Minister | King Fahd | ||||
Predecessor | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz | ||||
Successor | Nayef bin Abdulaziz | ||||
Minister of Defense and Aviation | |||||
Tenure | 22 October 1963 – 22 October 2011 | ||||
Deputy | |||||
Prime Minister | |||||
Predecessor | Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud | ||||
Successor | Salman of Saudi Arabia | ||||
Governor of Riyadh Province | |||||
Tenure | 22 February 1947 – 24 December 1953 | ||||
Appointed by | King Abdulaziz | ||||
Predecessor | Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | ||||
Successor | Nayef bin Abdulaziz | ||||
Born | c. Riyadh, Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd | 5 January 1928||||
Died | 22 October 2011 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 83)||||
Burial | 25 October 2011 Al Oud cemetery, Riyadh | ||||
Spouse | See list | ||||
Issue | |||||
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House | Al Saud | ||||
Father | King Abdulaziz | ||||
Mother | Hussa 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.