Nawwaf bin Nayef Al Saud (born 1988) is a member of the Saudi ruling family, one of the grandsons of

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's founder

King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted as 1876, although a few sources give it as 1880. According to British author Robert Lacey's book ''The Kingdom'', ...

, and a businessman. He was detained in March 2020 together with other senior royals, including

Mohammed bin Nayef Muhammad bin Nayef Al Saud (; born 30 August 1959), colloquially known by his initials MBN or MbN, is a former Saudi Arabian politician and businessman who served as the crown prince and first deputy prime minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2 ...

and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz. Nawwaf was released in August 2020.

Biography

Prince Nawwaf was born in 1988. He is one of five children of former

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Nayef bin Abdulaziz Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (, ''Nāyif ibn ‘Abd al ‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd''; 9 October 1934 – 16 June 2012) was the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and deputy prime minister from October 2011 and the minister of interior from October 1975 unt ...

and Maha bint Mohammed Al Sudairi. His parents divorced. His full siblings are Nouf, Mishail, Hayfa and Fahd. As of 2014 Nawwaf bin Nayef served as an administrative

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at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the United States. He is married to Al Anoud bint Sultan, daughter of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz.

Arrest

Nawwaf bin Nayef was arrested in March 2020 along with his older brother and former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef who was dismissed from his governmental positions in 2017. They were detained together in a desert camp . In the same incident their uncle and

King Salman Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; born 31 December 1935) has been King of Saudi Arabia since 2015, and was Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2022. He is the 25th son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia. He assumed the thro ...

's full-brother Ahmed bin Abdulaziz was also arrested. David D. Kirkpatrick and Ben Hubbard of ''

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'' argue that this move was to eliminate the potential threats to the newly installed Crown Prince

Mohammed bin Salman Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (; born 31 August 1985), also known as MBS or MbS, is the ''de facto'' ruler of the Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, formally serving as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Sa ...

. In August 2020 some

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accounts and his lawyers reported that Prince Nawwaf had been released, but they also added that it was not clear where he was.

References

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