Saudi Arabia names Prince Nayef as heir to throne

Saudi Arabia’s interior minister has been named the new heir to the throne by a royal decree. Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz succeeds prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz who died last week.  Al Jazeera’s Tarek Bazely reports.

Saudi king names interior minister as crown prince

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SAUDI PRINCESS TRIES

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Saudi Princess Ameerah Altaweel, with CNN’s Piers Morgan :

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Saudi Princess Ameerah Altaweel, the wife of billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and vice chairman of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundations for Charity and Philanthropy

Clinton Global Initiative Event (CGI) in New York

Saudi Princess Ameerah Altaweel, Talks about her efforts to empower women and provide economic opportunity for them in Saudi Arabia. HH Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel, Vice Chairwoman of Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundationthat is chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulziz Alsaud, keynoteat Clinton Global Initiative Event (CGI) in New York.

Saudi Arabian princess speaks out [NBC: 6-20-2011]

Saudi Princess Ameerah Altaweel, the wife of billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and vice chairman of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundations for Charity and Philanthropy

Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) — Saudi Princess Ameerah Altaweel,the wife of billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and vice chairman of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundations for Charity and Philanthropy, talks about her efforts to empower women and provide economic opportunity for them in Saudi Arabia. She speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “In Business with  Margaret Brennan.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Saudi Arabia names Prince Nayef as heir to throne (bbc)

Saudi Arabia has named Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al Saud as the heir to the throne of King Abdullah.

The move follows the death last week of the previous crown prince, Sultan bin Abdul Aziz.

The new crown prince, aged 78, has been the oil-rich kingdom’s interior minister since 1975and will now also become deputy prime minister.

King Abdullah, 87, is recovering from his third operation to treat back problems in less than a year.

Prince Nayef is a brother of the late Crown Prince Sultan, and like his brother, is regarded as less reform-minded than King Abdullah. He has been interior minister since 1975.

A royal court statement read out on state television said the crown prince had been appointed after the king met the Allegiance Council, a family body set up in 2006 to make the process of succession in the conservative Islamic kingdom smoother and more orderly.

The succession in Saudi Arabia still passes among the sons of King Abdulaziz, who established the modern Saudi kingdom during his reign from 1902 to 1953.

Next in line is expected to be Crown Prince Nayef’s younger brother, Prince Salman, who is the governor of Riyadh.