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 | ||||
Biography
editPrince 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]
Arrest
editNawwaf 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]
References
edit- ^ Andrew England (24 August 2020). "Lawyers sound alarm on welfare of former Saudi crown prince". Financial Times. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Sharaf Sabri (2001). The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. Delhi: I. S. Publications. p. 136. ISBN 978-81-901254-0-6.
- ^ Caryle Murphy (30 May 2010). "The heir apparent". Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b Karen Hedwig Backman (16 June 2012). "Born of Hassa bint Ahmad al Sudairi". Daily Kos. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Directory of diplomatic list". Diplomatic List. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "ابناء الامير سلطان بالترتيب" (in Arabic). Almrsal. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b David D. Kirkpatrick; Ben Hubbard (6 March 2020). "Saudi Prince Detains Senior Members of Royal Family". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b "'Nobody can see him': Lawyers of detained Saudi prince sound alarm". Middle East Eye. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Reuters: King Salman approved arrest of senior royals". Middle East Monitor. Reuters. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Detained Saudi prince 'hospitalised after heart attack', Saudi Arabia says in later-deleted tweet". Al Araby. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "أنباء عن إطلاق سراح أمير سعودي معتقل". Arabi (in Arabic). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.