Abdul-Rahman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (, ʿAbd ar Raḥman ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd; 1931 – 13 July 2017) was a senior member of the House of Saud and Saudi Arabian deputy minister of defense and aviation. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living member of the Sudairi Seven.

Early life and education Abdul Rahman was born in 1931 as the sixteenth son of King Abdulaziz and third son of Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi. He was the first of King Abdulaziz's sons to study in the West and received a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from the University of California, Berkeley.

Career Prince Abdul Rahman was the counsellor for royal family affairs during the mid-1970s. He replaced his brother, Prince Turki, as the deputy minister of defense and aviation in 1978 when Turki resigned.

During Prince Sultan’s absence from the Kingdom for medical treatment, he increased his activity at the ministry. Abdul Rahman was often described as becoming more irritable with age.

Views and succession Following the Gulf War, Prince Abdul Rahman, as deputy defense minister, objected to the request of Prince Khalid bin Sultan to be named as the chief of staff of the Saudi army.

Personal life and death Prince Abdul Rahman married Maha Al Ibrahim, sister of King Fahd's wife Al Jawhara Al Ibrahim and Al Ibrahim's brothers (including Waleed Al Ibrahim). Another wife was Munira bint Turki bin Ahmed Al Sudairi. His son-in-law is Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Sha'lan. One of Abdul Rahman's son, Mohammed, was named the deputy governor of Riyadh in 2017.

Abdul Rahman died on 13 July 2017 at the age of 86. One of his sons, Saud, died in November 2021, just a few years after Abdul Rahman.

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