Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, متعب بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, ') (1931 – 2 December 2019) was a senior member of the

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and since the death of his half brother

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in July 2019 was the oldest surviving 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 ...

Early life and education

Prince Mutaib was born in

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the ...

in 1931 as the seventeenth son of King Abdulaziz. He was the full brother of Prince Mansour, Prince Mishaal and Princess Qumash. Their mother, Shahida (died 1938), was an

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and reportedly one of King Abdulaziz's favorite wives. Prince Mutaib received a bachelor's degree in political science in the USA in 1955.

Career

Mutaib bin Abdulaziz served as deputy minister of defense from 1951 to 1956 when his full brother Mishaal bin Abdulaziz was the minister. Prince Mutaib served as 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 2017 ...

from 1958 to 1961. He was one of the confidants of

Abdullah Tariki Abdullah Tariki (19 March 1919–7 September 1997) (Arabic: عبدالله الطريقي), also known as Red Sheikh, was a Saudi politician and government official. He was the first Saudi oil minister appointed by King Saud, and co-founder of Or ...

when the latter was serving as the Saudi oil minister. He and Mishaal bin Abdulaziz were ousted from the office by

King Saud Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, سعود بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Suʿūd ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'', Najdi Arabic pronunciation: ; 15 January 1902 – 23 February 1969) was King of Saudi Arabia from 9 November 1953 ...

. They both returned to the official offices in 1963 when Crown Prince Faisal entrusted them with the governorship. However, both resigned from their posts in 1971 for reasons that are not entirely clear. Mutaib bin Abdulaziz rejoined the Saudi cabinet at the end of 1975 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 Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Khalid ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'' ; 13 February 1913 13 June 1982) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and politician who served as King and Prime Minister of ...

in this year. 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

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in the cabinet. Prince Mutaib's term ended in 1980, and he was replaced by Muhammed bin Ibrahim Al Jarallah in the post. Later, Prince Mutaib served as minister of municipal and rural affairs from 1980 to 2009. He resigned from office, and his son Prince Mansour succeeded him in the aforementioned post in November 2009.

Business activities

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. Prince Mutaib was a shareholder of the real-estate company, Société Générale d'Entreprises Touristiques, which was chaired by Walid Saab. He also had a beverage firm.

Personal life

Mutaib bin Abdulaziz lived in later years in the

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where he owned an entire floor of the building. Prince Mutaib had ten children, two sons and eight daughters. He was the custodian of Prince Talal bin Mansour (born 1951), who is the son of his brother Prince Mansour. Prince Mutaib's daughter Princess Nouf married Prince Talal. She died in Riyadh at the age of 34 in February 2001. As of 2013 Prince Mutaib was the 98th richest Arab in the world with the net worth of US $110.1 million. Prince Mutaib died on 2 December 2019. Funeral prayer was held at the

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the next day.

Ancestry

References

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