Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Abd ar -Rahman ibn Abd al - Aziz (Arabic عبد الرحمن بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, DMG ʿ Abd al-Rahman b ʿ Abd al - ʿ Aziz Al Sa ʿ ūd; . * 1931) is one of 44 sons of King Abd al - Aziz ibn Saud and heard his mother Hasa bint Sudairi was to the so-called Sudairi Seven, including his brother and later King Fahd ibn Abd al - Aziz counts. As a male descendent of Ibn Abd al- Aziz Saud he wears as a complete last name " ibn Abd al - Aziz Al Saud ."

The first of the sons of Abd al - Aziz ibn Saud, he studied in the West. In 1978, he released his brother Turki ibn Abd al - Aziz on as Secretary of Defense because it went abroad, especially because he had married the daughter of a convicted dissident, who did not want to accept the " Westernization " of the country.

The international press is Khalid bin Sultan ( born 1949 ) is designated as Deputy Secretary of Defense; formally this is since 2001 " Assistant to the Minister of Defense " and not official successor of Abd ar - Rahman.

Prince Abdul Rahman occurs publicly as a pragmatic traditionally conservative politician. He has accepted the possible claim to the throne of his younger brother Prince Naif bodily and therefore resigned from the succession.

Prince Abdul Rahman's particularly interested in the racing horse and camel sports and traditional falconry.

• Prince (Saudi Arabia)
• Politicians (Saudi Arabia)
• Born in 1931
• Man