Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1934 19 July 2008) (

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: فواز بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Fawwāz bin ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Saʿūd'') was a senior member of the

House of Saud The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), and ...

. In 2006, Fawwaz became one of the members of the

Allegiance Commission The Allegiance Council ( ar, هيئة البيعة ''Hay’at al-Bay‘ah''), also known as the Allegiance Commission or Allegiance Institution or Succession Commission, is the body responsible for determining future Line of succession to the Sau ...

. However, he died on 19 July 2008, some six months after the establishment of the council.

Early life and education

Prince Fawwaz was born in

Taif Taif ( ar, , translit=aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit=The circulated or encircled, ) is a city and governorate in the Makkan Region of Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat M ...

in 1934. He was the son of

King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...

and Bazza II (died 1940), a Circassian woman from Syria. He was the 24th son of King Abdulaziz. His only full brother was Prince

Bandar bin Abdulaziz Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, بندر بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Bandar bin ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Saʿūd''; 1921 or 1923–28 July 2019) was the tenth son of King Abdulaziz. At the time of his death, he was the eldest surviving ...

. Fawwaz received his early education at the

Princes' School Princes' School is a school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. History The Princes' School was established by King Ibn Saud specifically to ensure a high level of education for members of the House of Saud and sons of other foremost Saudis. In 1356 H (corr ...

in Riyadh.

Career

Prince Fawwaz was governor of Riyadh from 1960 to 1961. On 18 June 1969, he was appointed deputy governor of

Makkah Province The Mecca Province ( ar, مِنْطَقَة مَكَّة '), also known as the Mecca Region, is one of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia. It is the third-largest province by area at and the most populous with a population of 8,557,766 as of 201 ...

. Then, he served as governor of the province from 1971 to 1980. He was the governor when the

Grand Mosque Seizure The Grand Mosque seizure lasted from 20 November 1979 to 4 December 1979, when extremist militants in Saudi Arabia calling for the overthrow of the House of Saud besieged and took over Masjid al-Haram, the holiest Islamic site, in the city of M ...

occurred. After this event, he was removed from office for corruption allegations by the group which seized the mosque. There is another report arguing that following the incident Prince Fawwaz resigned from the office citing health problems.

Free Princes Movement

Prince Fawwaz, together with Prince Talal and Prince Badr, was a member of the

Free Princes Movement The Free Princes Movement ( ar, حركة الأمراء الأحرار; al-umara’ al-ahrar) was a Saudi liberal political movement that existed from 1958 to 1964. Its members were known as the Young Najd (Najd al-Fattah in Arabic), Free Prince ...

from 1962 to February 1964. He defected to the

United Arab Republic The United Arab Republic (UAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, al-Jumhūrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1971. It was initially a political union between Eg ...

with his half-brothers Badr and Abdul Muhsin and their cousin Fahd bin Saad, but they returned to Saudi Arabia upon their rehabilitation by Crown Prince Faisal on 22 January 1964. Upon their return they published a statement acknowledging their mistake in criticizing the Saudi government.

Personal life

Prince Fawwaz was married to Fawzia bint Hussain Izzat. He had only an adopted son who could not replace him in the Allegiance Council. He had a wide range of business activities related to property development in the kingdom. His wife and he also had a company based in Jeddah. Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz was one of the royal family members who were harshly criticised by

Juhayman Al Otaybi Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaybi ( ar, جهيمان بن محمد بن سيف العتيبي; 16 September 1936 – 9 January 1980), was a Saudi terrorist and soldier who in 1979 led the seizure of the Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia' ...

and Abdullah Al Qahtani, leaders of the group that seized the

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in 1979, for his unabashed drinking, gambling, and corruption.

Death

Fawwaz died in Paris on 19 July 2008, at the age of 74, after suffering from a disease. His funeral was held in the Grand Mosque in Mecca on 20 July 2008. His body was buried in

Al Adl cemetery The Al-Adl cemetery ( ar, مقبرة العدل, Maqbarat al-‘Adl, lit=Cemetery of Divine Justice) is one of the earliest and largest and of six resting places in Mecca. It is also the second substantial cemetery in the city. History and locat ...

in Mecca. Condolence messages were sent to King Abdullah, the Saudi government and the Saudi royal family from

King Hamad of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa ( ar, حمد بن عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة '; 28 January 1950) is King of Bahrain since 14 February 2002, after ruling as Emir of Bahrain from 6 March 1999. He is the son of Isa bin Salman ...

; the

emir of Kuwait The Emir of the State of Kuwait is the monarch and head of state of Kuwait, the country's most powerful office. The emirs of Kuwait are members of the Al Sabah dynasty. Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah became the emir of Kuwait on 30 Sept ...

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ( ar, الشيخ صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح, translit=ash-Shaykh Sabāh al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; 16 June 192929 September 2020) was the Emir of Kuwait and Commander of the Kuwa ...

; and the emir and crown prince of Qatar.

Honors

Prince Fawwaz was the recipient of several decorations, including the Order of Cedar of Lebanon and various orders of merit from different countries.

Ancestry

References

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