Mansour bin Saud Al Saud explained

Issue:7
Full Name:Mansour bin Saud bin Abdulaziz
Succession:Commander of National Guard
Reign:1961 – 1963
Reign-Type:In office
Reg-Type:Monarch
Predecessor:Badr bin Saud
Successor:Sultan bin Saud
Mother:Terkiyah Mohammed Al Abdulaziz
Birth Place:Riyadh

Mansour bin Saud Al Saud (Arabic: منصور بن سعود آل سعود; born 1946) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and former military officer. He is a member of the House of Saud.

Early life and education

Prince Mansour was born in 1946 in Riyadh.[1] [2] He is the fifteenth child of King Saud,[3] and his mother is Terkiyah Mohammed Al Abdulaziz.[4] Prince Mansour is a high school graduate.[2] His full siblings include Princess Dalal, Prince Abdullah, Prince Turki and Prince Al Waleed.[5]

Career

During the reign of King Saud, Prince Mansour was the commander of the Saudi National Guard between 1961 and 1963.[1] He replaced his brother Prince Badr in the post.[1] Another of his brothers, Prince Sultan, succeeded Prince Mansour as the commander of the National Guard.[1]

Prince Mansour's next post was as chief of the royal court from 1963 to 1964.[1] He supported King Saud in his struggle against Mansour's uncle, Crown Prince Faisal.[6] After his father abdicated and Faisal became king, Prince Mansour did not pledge allegiance to the new king, unlike some of his brothers.[7] He accompanied his father in exile and also, in his visits to Cairo and Yemen during this period.[1] [7]

In the mid-1970s Prince Mansour founded construction and cement companies in Riyadh.[8]

Personal life

Prince Mansour is married and has seven children, four daughters and three sons.[2] One of his daughters, Dima bint Mansour, opened a fashion concept store, Personage, in Saudi Arabia in 2018.[9]

Prince Mansour lives in Paris, France.[3] He is an honorary member of Al Nassr FC.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leading grandsons of Abdulaziz. Springer. 9 March 2021. 180.
  2. Web site: HRH Prince Mansour bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud . Moqatel. 9 March 2021. ar.
  3. Web site: Mansour bin Saud bin Abdulaziz. Marefa. 9 March 2021. ar.
  4. News: The death of Princess Dalal bint Saud. 11 September 2021. Erem News. Riyadh. Arabic.
  5. News: Fayez Nureldine. The death of the Saudi princess who received Kennedy in her childhood. 11 September 2021. Middle East in 24. AFP. 11 September 2021.
  6. No Place Like Home. Time. 27 September 1963.
  7. Gary Samuel Samore. Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982). Harvard University. 236. 1984. PhD. .
  8. Book: Sharaf Sabri. The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. New Delhi. 2001. I.S. Publications. 978-81-901254-0-6. 302.
  9. News: Jessica Michault. Meet the Saudi Royals Leading Fashion Communities from the Ground Up . 9 March 2021. Vogue Arabia. 25 March 2020.