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{{short description|Saudi royal}}
{{short description|Saudi royal (1931–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|[[Al Saud]]}}
{{Infobox royalty
{{Infobox royalty
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| succession3 = [[Governor of Makkah Region]]
| name = Mutaib bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
⚫
| reign3 = 1958–1961
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| succession3 = Governor of [[Makkah province]]
| reign-type3 = In office
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| reign3 = 1958–1961
| reign-type3 = In office
| reg-type3 = Monarch
|reg-type3 = Monarch
| regent3 = [[King Saud]]
|regent3 =[[King Saud]]
| predecessor3 = [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Faisal bin Abdulaziz]]
| predecessor3 = [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Faisal bin Abdulaziz]]
| successor3 = Abdullah bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
| successor3 = Abdullah bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
| succession1 = Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs
| succession1 = Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs
| reign1 = 1980–2009
| reign1 = 1980–2009
| reign-type1 = In office
| reign-type1 = In office
|reg-type1 = Monarch
| reg-type1 = Monarch
|regent1 = [[King Khalid]]<br/>[[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|King Fahd]]<br/>[[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]]
| regent1 = [[King Khalid]]<br>[[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|King Fahd]]<br>[[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]]
| predecessor1 = [[Majid bin Abdul Aziz al Saud|Majid bin Abdulaziz]]
| predecessor1 = [[Majid bin Abdul Aziz al Saud|Majid bin Abdulaziz]]
| successor1 = [[Mansour bin Mutaib]]
| successor1 = [[Mansour bin Mutaib]]
| succession2 = Minister of Public Works and Housing
| succession2 = Minister of Public Works and Housing
| reign2 = 1975–1980
| reign2 = 1975–1980
| reign-type2 = In office
| reign-type2 = In office
|reg-type2 = Monarch
| reg-type2 = Monarch
|regent2 = [[King Khalid]]
| regent2 = [[King Khalid]]
| predecessor2 = ''Office established''
| predecessor2 = ''Office established''
| successor2 = Muhammed bin Ibrahim Al Jarallah
| successor2 = Muhammed bin Ibrahim Al Jarallah<ref>{{cite book|author=Anthony H. Cordesman|title=Saudi Arabia enters the 21st century|year=2003|publisher=Praeger|location=Westport|isbn=9780275980917|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjpExwQWtOsC&q=king+fahd%27s+sons&pg=PA136}}</ref>
| father = [[Ibn Saud]]
| father = [[Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia|King Abdulaziz]]
| mother = Shahida
| mother = Shahida
| birth_date = 1928 or 1931
| birth_date = 1931
| birth_place = [[Riyadh]], [[Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd]]
| birth_place = [[Riyadh]], [[Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd]]
| death_date = 2 December 2019 (age 87–91)
| death_date = 2 December {{death year and age|2019|1931}}
| house = [[House of Saud]]
| house = [[House of Saud|Al Saud]]
}}
}}
'''Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud''' ({{lang-ar|متعب بن عبد العزيز آل سعود}}, ''{{transl|ar|DIN|Mutʿib bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd}}'') (1928 or 1931 – 2 December 2019) was a senior member of the [[Saudi royal family]] and since the death of his half brother [[Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Bandar]] in July 2019 was the oldest surviving son of [[Ibn Saud]] (King Abdulaziz).
'''Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud''' ({{langx|ar|متعب بن عبد العزيز آل سعود}}, ''{{transl|ar|DIN|Mutʿib bin ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd}}'') (1931 – 2 December 2019) was a senior member of the [[Saudi royal family]] and since the death of his half brother [[Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Bandar]] in July 2019 was the oldest surviving son of [[Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia|King Abdulaziz]].


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Prince Mutaib was born in [[Riyadh]] in 1931<ref>{{cite web|title=The Council of Ministers|url=http://www.saudia-online.com/Government%20Council%20of%20Ministers.htm|work=Saudia Online|accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref> or 1928<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Lacey|title=Inside the Kingdom|date=30 June 2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781446472361|page=VII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8fOGh87Zrr0C}}</ref> as the seventeenth son of [[Ibn Saud]]. He was the full brother of [[Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Mansour]] (1921–1951),<ref name=kechic2001>{{cite book|author=Joseph A Kechichian|title=Succession in Saudi Arabia|year=2001|publisher=Palgrave|isbn=9780312238803|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79Fs5bLPgBYC&pg=PR11}}</ref> [[Mishaal bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud|Prince Mishaal]] (1926–2017) and Princess Qumash who died on 26 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques performs funeral prayer on the soul of Princess Gumash bint Abdulaziz|url=http://www.alriyadh.gov.sa/en/news/Pages/news8273.aspx|work=Riyadh Municipality|accessdate=12 August 2012|date=27 September 2011}}</ref> Their mother, Shahida (died 1938), an [[Armenians|Armenian]], was reportedly one of Ibn Saud's favorite wives.<ref name=kechic2001/><ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Shahida|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/viewBio.do?id=176545|work=Datarabia|accessdate=10 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Simon Henderson|
Prince Mutaib was born in [[Riyadh]] in 1931<ref>{{cite web|title=The Council of Ministers|url=http://www.saudia-online.com/Government%20Council%20of%20Ministers.htm|work=Saudia Online|access-date=8 September 2012}}</ref> <!--or 1928<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Lacey|author-link=Robert Lacey|title=Inside the Kingdom|date=30 June 2011|page=VII
|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781446472361|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8fOGh87Zrr0C|location=New York}}</ref> it should be checked --> as the seventeenth son of King Abdulaziz. He was the full brother of [[Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Mansour]],<ref name=kechic2001>{{cite book|author=Joseph A. Kéchichian|author-link=Joseph A. Kéchichian|title=Succession in Saudi Arabia|year=2001|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=9780312238803|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79Fs5bLPgBYC&pg=PR11|page=11}}</ref> [[Mishaal bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud|Prince Mishaal]] and [[Qumash bint Abdulaziz Al Saud|Princess Qumash]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques performs funeral prayer on the soul of Princess Gumash bint Abdulaziz|work=Riyadh Municipality|access-date=12 August 2012|date=27 September 2011
|url=http://www.alriyadh.gov.sa/en/news/Pages/news8273.aspx}}</ref> Their mother, Shahida (died 1938), was an [[Armenians|Armenian]] and reportedly one of King Abdulaziz's favorite wives.<ref name=kechic2001/><ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Shahida|access-date=10 August 2012
|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/viewBio.do?id=176545|work=Datarabia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Simon Henderson|date=August 2009
url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus96.pdf|title=After King Abdullah|work=Washington Institute|accessdate=28 July 2012|format=Policy Paper|date=August 2009}}</ref>
|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus96.pdf|title=After King Abdullah|work=Washington Institute|access-date=28 July 2012|format=Policy Paper|archive-date=21 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021015030/http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus96.pdf}}</ref>


Prince Mutaib received a bachelor's degree in political science in the USA in 1955.<ref name=youm7>{{cite news|title=تعرف على الأمير متعب بن عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2019/12/2/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%86/4528237 |accessdate=12 September 2020|work=Youm7|date=2 December 2019|language=Arabic}}</ref>
Prince Mutaib received a bachelor's degree in political science in the USA in 1955.<ref name=youm7>{{cite news|title=تعرف على الأمير متعب بن عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود|access-date=12 September 2020|work=Youm7|date=2 December 2019|language=ar
|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2019/12/2/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%86/4528237}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Mutaib bin Abdulaziz served as deputy minister of defense from 1951 to 1956<ref name="spr">{{cite web |title=Appendix 6. The Sons of Abdulaziz|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-0-312-29962-0%2F1.pdf |work=Springer|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref> when his full brother Mishaal bin Abdulaziz was the minister. Prince Mutaib served as governor of [[Makkah province]] from 1958 to 1961.<ref>{{cite web|title=ثمانية أمراء من آل سعود يتبوأون منصب أمير منطقة مكة المكرمة (Eight princes of Al Saud In the position of governor of Makkah Region)|url=http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=10261&article=419718#.UkWpu9L7pMo|work=Alsharq Alawsat|date=18 May 2007|accessdate=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002062945/http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=10261&article=419718#.UkWpu9L7pMo|archive-date=2 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He and his older brother Mishaal were ousted from office by [[King Saud]], but they were given official power in 1963 by [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Crown Prince Faisal]], who entrusted them with the deputy governorship and key governorship, respectively. Both resigned from their posts in 1971 for reasons that are not entirely clear.<ref name=kechic2001/>
Mutaib bin Abdulaziz served as deputy minister of defense from 1951 to 1956<ref name=kechic2001/> when his full brother Mishaal bin Abdulaziz was the minister. Prince Mutaib served as governor of [[Makkah province]] from 1958 to 1961.<ref>{{cite web|title=ثمانية أمراء من آل سعود يتبوأون منصب أمير منطقة مكة المكرمة (Eight princes of Al Saud in the position of governor of Makkah Region)|work=Al Sharq Al Awsat|url=http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=10261&article=419718#.UkWpu9L7pMo|date=18 May 2007|access-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002062945/http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=10261&article=419718#.UkWpu9L7pMo|archive-date=2 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was one of the confidants of [[Abdullah Tariki]] when the latter was serving as the Saudi oil minister.<ref>{{cite thesis
|author=Summer Scott Huyette|title=Political Adaptation in Saudi Arabia: A Study of the Council of Ministers
|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303285259|location=Columbia University
|degree=PhD|date=1984|page=135|id={{ProQuest|303285259}}}}</ref> He and Mishaal bin Abdulaziz were ousted from the office by [[King Saud]].<ref name=kechic2001/> They both returned to the official offices in 1963 when [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Crown Prince Faisal]] entrusted them with the governorship.<ref name=kechic2001/> However, both resigned from their posts in 1971 for reasons that are not entirely clear.<ref name=kechic2001/>


Mutaib bin Abdulaziz rejoined the Saudi cabinet at the end of 1975<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Ghassane Salameh|author2=Vivian Steir|title=Political Power and the Saudi State|journal=MERIP|date=October 1980|issue=91|pages=5–22|jstor=3010946}}</ref> and served as minister of public works and housing until 1980. He was the first minister of public works and housing since it was first founded in this year.<ref name=abir>{{cite book|author=Mordechai Abir|title=Saudi Arabia in the Oil Era: Regime and Elites: Conflict and Collaboration|year=1988|publisher=Croom Helm|location=Kent|isbn=9780709951292|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QEOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA138}}</ref> His appointment and Prince [[Majid bin Abdulaziz|Majid]]'s appointment as minister of municipal and rural affairs by [[King Khalid]] were a move to reduce the power of [[Sudairi Seven]] in the cabinet.<ref name=abir/>
Mutaib bin Abdulaziz rejoined the Saudi cabinet at the end of 1975<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Ghassane Salameh
|author2=Vivian Steir|title=Political Power and the Saudi State|journal=MERIP|date=October 1980|issue=91|pages=5–22|doi=10.2307/3010946 |jstor=3010946}}</ref> and served as minister of public works and housing until 1980. He became the first minister of public works and housing when it was first founded by [[Khalid of Saudi Arabia|King Khalid]] in this year.<ref name=abir>{{cite book|author=Mordechai Abir|title=Saudi Arabia in the Oil Era: Regime and Elites: Conflict and Collaboration|year=1988|publisher=Croom Helm|location=Kent|isbn=9780709951292|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QEOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA138|page=138}}</ref> His appointment and Prince [[Majid bin Abdulaziz|Majid]]'s appointment as minister of municipal and rural affairs by King Khalid were a move to reduce the power of [[Sudairi Seven]] in the cabinet.<ref name=abir/> Prince Mutaib's term ended in 1980, and he was replaced by Muhammed bin Ibrahim Al Jarallah in the post.<ref>{{cite book|author=Anthony H. Cordesman|title=Saudi Arabia enters the 21st century|year=2003|page=136
|publisher=Praeger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjpExwQWtOsC&pg=PA136|location=Westport, CT
|isbn=9780275980917}}</ref>


Later, Prince Mutaib served as minister of municipal and rural affairs from 1980 to 2009.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNM4vMi7FtcC&pg=PA46|title=Princes, brokers, and bureaucrats: Oil and the state in Saudi Arabia|author=Steffen Hertog|publisher=Cornell University Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0-8014-4781-5|page=46}}</ref> He resigned from office, and his son [[Mansour bin Mutaib|Prince Mansour]] succeeded him in the aforementioned post in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saudi succession developments|url=http://www.foreignreports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Saudi-Succession-Developments.pdf|publisher=Foreign Reports Inc.|accessdate=25 April 2012|date=28 October 2011}}</ref>
Later, Prince Mutaib served as minister of municipal and rural affairs from 1980 to 2009.<ref>{{cite book|page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNM4vMi7FtcC&pg=PA46|title=Princes, brokers, and bureaucrats: Oil and the state in Saudi Arabia|author=Steffen Hertog|publisher=Cornell University Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0-8014-4781-5|location=Ithaca, NY; London}}</ref> He resigned from office, and his son [[Mansour bin Mutaib|Prince Mansour]] succeeded him in the aforementioned post in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saudi succession developments|access-date=25 April 2012
|url=http://www.foreignreports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Saudi-Succession-Developments.pdf|publisher=Foreign Reports Inc.|date=28 October 2011}}</ref>


==Business activities==
==Business activities==
Prince Mutaib is reported to have benefited from all land projects in Saudi Arabia. He had this right as a result of his claim that his father, [[Ibn Saud]], had promised him the entire rights of the Kingdom's fishery revenues. Then, the National Fisheries Company was founded by the [[House of Saud]] and he became a partner of it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saudi royal wealth: Where do they get all that money?|url=http://cables.mrkva.eu/cable.php?id=860|work=Wikileaks|accessdate=5 May 2012|year=1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026023526/http://cables.mrkva.eu/cable.php?id=860|archive-date=26 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prince Mutaib was a shareholder of the real-estate company, Société Générale d'Entreprises Touristiques, which is chaired by Walid Saab.<ref>{{cite news|title=Summerland's 'the village' unveiled|url=http://www.businessnews.com.lb/cms/Story/StoryDetails.aspx?ItemID=1169|accessdate=27 June 2012|work=Business News|date=19 October 2011}}</ref> He also had a beverage firm.<ref name=forme>{{cite news|title=The World Richest Arabs 2013|url=http://english.forbesmiddleeast.com/view.php?list=44473|accessdate=12 August 2013|work=Forbes Middle East|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807020311/http://english.forbesmiddleeast.com/view.php?list=44473|archivedate=7 August 2013}}</ref>
Prince Mutaib was reported to have benefited from all land projects in Saudi Arabia. He had this right as a result of his claim that his father, King Abdulaziz, had promised him the entire rights of the Kingdom's fishery revenues. The National Fisheries Company was founded by the House of Saud, and he became a partner of it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saudi royal wealth: Where do they get all that money?|url=http://cables.mrkva.eu/cable.php?id=860|work=Wikileaks
|access-date=5 May 2012|year=1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026023526/http://cables.mrkva.eu/cable.php?id=860|archive-date=26 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prince Mutaib was a shareholder of the real-estate company, Société Générale d'Entreprises Touristiques, which was chaired by Walid Saab.<ref>{{cite news|title=Summerland's 'the village' unveiled
|url=http://www.businessnews.com.lb/cms/Story/StoryDetails.aspx?ItemID=1169|access-date=27 June 2012|work=Business News|date=19 October 2011}}</ref> He also had a beverage firm.<ref name=forme>{{cite news|title=The World Richest Arabs 2013|url=http://english.forbesmiddleeast.com/view.php?list=44473|access-date=12 August 2013|work=Forbes Middle East|archive-date=7 August 2013|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807020311/http://english.forbesmiddleeast.com/view.php?list=44473}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Mutaib bin Abdulaziz lived in later years in the [[Trump Tower (New York)|Trump Tower]] in [[New York City]] where he owned an entire floor of the building.<ref>https://qz.com/568178/donald-trump-owes-much-of-his-fortune-to-wea/</ref>
Mutaib bin Abdulaziz lived in later years in the [[Trump Tower (New York)|Trump Tower]] in [[New York City]] where he owned an entire floor of the building.<ref>{{cite news|author=Heather Timmons|title=Wealthy Muslims helped Donald Trump build his empire|url=https://qz.com/568178/donald-trump-owes-much-of-his-fortune-to-wea/|access-date=26 December 2020|work=Quartz|date=8 December 2015}}</ref>


Prince Mutaib had ten children, two sons and eight daughters.<ref name=youm7/> He was the custodian of Prince Talal bin Mansour (born 1951), who is the son of his late brother Prince Mansour.<ref name=ssabri>{{cite book|author=Sabri Sharif|title=The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia|year=2001|publisher=I. S. Publication|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-901254-0-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51Bb8Ix7xw8C&q=hala+bint+ahmad+al-sudairi&pg=PA151}}</ref> Prince Mutaib's daughter Princess Nouf married Prince Talal.<ref name=ssabri/> She died in Riyadh at the age of 34 in February 2001.<ref name=anews20feb>{{cite news|title=Princess Nouf bint Miteb passes away|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/213219|accessdate=13 April 2013|newspaper=Arab News|date=20 February 2001}}</ref> His son, [[Mansour bin Mutaib|Prince Mansour]], was the minister of municipal and rural affairs between 2009 and 2015.
Prince Mutaib had ten children, two sons and eight daughters.<ref name=youm7/> He was the custodian of Prince Talal bin Mansour (born 1951), who is the son of his brother Prince Mansour.<ref name=ssabri>{{cite book|author=Sabri Sharif
|title=The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia|year=2001|publisher=I. S. Publication|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-901254-0-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51Bb8Ix7xw8C&pg=PA151|page=151
}}</ref> Prince Mutaib's daughter Princess Nouf married Prince Talal.<ref name=ssabri/> She died in Riyadh at the age of 34 in February 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=Princess Nouf bint Miteb passes away|newspaper=Arab News
|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/213219|access-date=13 April 2013|date=20 February 2001}}</ref>


As of 2013, Prince Mutaib was the 98th richest Arab in the world with the net worth of US $110.1 million.<ref name=forme/>
As of 2013 Prince Mutaib was the 98th richest Arab in the world with the net worth of US $110.1 million.<ref name=forme/>


Mutaib died on 2 December 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saudi King's brother Prince Mutaib dies: notification |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/259788-saudi-kings-brother-prince-mutaib-dies-notification|accessdate=18 June 2020 |work=Geo News|date=2 December 2019}}</ref> His [[Salat al-Janazah|funeral prayer]] was held at the [[Great Mosque of Mecca]] the next day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saudi Arabia's Prince Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud dies |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1592901/saudi-arabia|work=Arab News|date=2 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Turkey offers condolences over death of Saudi royal|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-offers-condolences-over-death-of-saudi-royal-149418|work=Hurriyet Daily News|date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
Prince Mutaib died on 2 December 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saudi King's brother Prince Mutaib dies: notification |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/259788-saudi-kings-brother-prince-mutaib-dies-notification|access-date=18 June 2020 |work=Geo News|date=2 December 2019}}</ref> [[Salat al-Janazah|Funeral prayer]] was held at the [[Great Mosque of Mecca]] the next day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saudi Arabia's Prince Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud dies|work=Arab News
|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1592901/saudi-arabia|date=2 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Turkey offers condolences over death of Saudi royal|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-offers-condolences-over-death-of-saudi-royal-149418|work=Hurriyet Daily News|date=4 December 2019}}</ref>


==Ancestry==
==Ancestry==
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|boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;
|boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;
|1= 1. '''Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud'''
|1= 1. '''Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud'''
|2= 2. [[Ibn Saud|Abdulaziz ibn Saud]]
|2= 2. [[Ibn Saud|Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman]]
|3= 3. Shahida
|3= 3. Shahida
|4= 4. [[Abdul Rahman bin Faisal]]
|4= 4. [[Abdul Rahman bin Faisal]]
|5= 5. Sarah bint Ahmed Al Kabir bin Mohammed Al Sudairi
|5= 5. [[Sara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi]]
|8= 8. [[Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud]]
|8= 8. [[Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud]]
|9= 9. Sarah bint Mishari bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Saud
|9= 9. Sarah bint Mishari bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Saud
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|16= 16. [[Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad]]
|16= 16. [[Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad]]
|17= 17. Hia bint Hamad bin Ali Al Faqih Angari Tamimi
|17= 17. Hia bint Hamad bin Ali Al Faqih Angari Tamimi
|18= 18. Mishari bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Saud
|18= 18. Mishari bin Abdul Rahman bin Hassan Al Saud
|20= 20. Mohammed bin Turki bin Suleiman Al Sudairi
|20= 20. Mohammed bin Turki bin Suleiman Al Sudairi}}
}}


==References==
==References==
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In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Saud.
Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs
In office1980–2009
PredecessorMajid bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorMansour bin Mutaib
MonarchKing Khalid
King Fahd
King Abdullah
Minister of Public Works and Housing
In office1975–1980
PredecessorOffice established
SuccessorMuhammed bin Ibrahim Al Jarallah
MonarchKing Khalid
Governor of Makkah Region
In office1958–1961
PredecessorFaisal bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorAbdullah bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
MonarchKing Saud
Born1931
Riyadh, Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
Died2 December 2019 (aged 87–88)
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Abdulaziz
MotherShahida

Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: متعب بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, Mutʿib bin ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd) (1931 – 2 December 2019) was a senior member of the Saudi royal family and since the death of his half brother Prince Bandar in July 2019 was the oldest surviving son of King Abdulaziz.

Early life and education

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Prince Mutaib was born in Riyadh in 1931[1] as the seventeenth son of King Abdulaziz. He was the full brother of Prince Mansour,[2] Prince Mishaal and Princess Qumash.[3] Their mother, Shahida (died 1938), was an Armenian and reportedly one of King Abdulaziz's favorite wives.[2][4][5]

Prince Mutaib received a bachelor's degree in political science in the USA in 1955.[6]

Career

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Mutaib bin Abdulaziz served as deputy minister of defense from 1951 to 1956[2] when his full brother Mishaal bin Abdulaziz was the minister. Prince Mutaib served as governor of Makkah province from 1958 to 1961.[7] He was one of the confidants of Abdullah Tariki when the latter was serving as the Saudi oil minister.[8] He and Mishaal bin Abdulaziz were ousted from the office by King Saud.[2] They both returned to the official offices in 1963 when Crown Prince Faisal entrusted them with the governorship.[2] However, both resigned from their posts in 1971 for reasons that are not entirely clear.[2]

Mutaib bin Abdulaziz rejoined the Saudi cabinet at the end of 1975[9] and served as minister of public works and housing until 1980. He became the first minister of public works and housing when it was first founded by King Khalid in this year.[10] His appointment and Prince Majid's appointment as minister of municipal and rural affairs by King Khalid were a move to reduce the power of Sudairi Seven in the cabinet.[10] Prince Mutaib's term ended in 1980, and he was replaced by Muhammed bin Ibrahim Al Jarallah in the post.[11]

Later, Prince Mutaib served as minister of municipal and rural affairs from 1980 to 2009.[12] He resigned from office, and his son Prince Mansour succeeded him in the aforementioned post in November 2009.[13]

Business activities

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Prince Mutaib was reported to have benefited from all land projects in Saudi Arabia. He had this right as a result of his claim that his father, King Abdulaziz, had promised him the entire rights of the Kingdom's fishery revenues. The National Fisheries Company was founded by the House of Saud, and he became a partner of it.[14] Prince Mutaib was a shareholder of the real-estate company, Société Générale d'Entreprises Touristiques, which was chaired by Walid Saab.[15] He also had a beverage firm.[16]

Personal life

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Mutaib bin Abdulaziz lived in later years in the Trump Tower in New York City where he owned an entire floor of the building.[17]

Prince Mutaib had ten children, two sons and eight daughters.[6] He was the custodian of Prince Talal bin Mansour (born 1951), who is the son of his brother Prince Mansour.[18] Prince Mutaib's daughter Princess Nouf married Prince Talal.[18] She died in Riyadh at the age of 34 in February 2001.[19]

As of 2013 Prince Mutaib was the 98th richest Arab in the world with the net worth of US $110.1 million.[16]

Prince Mutaib died on 2 December 2019.[20] Funeral prayer was held at the Great Mosque of Mecca the next day.[21][22]

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "The Council of Ministers". Saudia Online. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Joseph A. Kéchichian (2001). Succession in Saudi Arabia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 11. ISBN 9780312238803.
  3. ^ "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques performs funeral prayer on the soul of Princess Gumash bint Abdulaziz". Riyadh Municipality. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Biography of Shahida". Datarabia. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. ^ Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah" (PDF). Washington Institute. Archived from the original (Policy Paper) on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b "تعرف على الأمير متعب بن عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود". Youm7 (in Arabic). 2 December 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  7. ^ "ثمانية أمراء من آل سعود يتبوأون منصب أمير منطقة مكة المكرمة (Eight princes of Al Saud in the position of governor of Makkah Region)". Al Sharq Al Awsat. 18 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  8. ^ Summer Scott Huyette (1984). Political Adaptation in Saudi Arabia: A Study of the Council of Ministers (PhD thesis). Columbia University. p. 135. ProQuest 303285259.
  9. ^ Ghassane Salameh; Vivian Steir (October 1980). "Political Power and the Saudi State". MERIP (91): 5–22. doi:10.2307/3010946. JSTOR 3010946.
  10. ^ a b Mordechai Abir (1988). Saudi Arabia in the Oil Era: Regime and Elites: Conflict and Collaboration. Kent: Croom Helm. p. 138. ISBN 9780709951292.
  11. ^ Anthony H. Cordesman (2003). Saudi Arabia enters the 21st century. Westport, CT: Praeger. p. 136. ISBN 9780275980917.
  12. ^ Steffen Hertog (2010). Princes, brokers, and bureaucrats: Oil and the state in Saudi Arabia. Ithaca, NY; London: Cornell University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8014-4781-5.
  13. ^ "Saudi succession developments" (PDF). Foreign Reports Inc. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  14. ^ "Saudi royal wealth: Where do they get all that money?". Wikileaks. 1996. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  15. ^ "Summerland's 'the village' unveiled". Business News. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  16. ^ a b "The World Richest Arabs 2013". Forbes Middle East. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  17. ^ Heather Timmons (8 December 2015). "Wealthy Muslims helped Donald Trump build his empire". Quartz. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  18. ^ a b Sabri Sharif (2001). The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. New Delhi: I. S. Publication. p. 151. ISBN 81-901254-0-0.
  19. ^ "Princess Nouf bint Miteb passes away". Arab News. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  20. ^ "Saudi King's brother Prince Mutaib dies: notification". Geo News. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Saudi Arabia's Prince Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud dies". Arab News. 2 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Turkey offers condolences over death of Saudi royal". Hurriyet Daily News. 4 December 2019.
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