Abd al-Rahman bin Abdul Aziz
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Abdul-Rahman bin Abdul-Aziz (born 1931) is a senior member of the Saudi royal family
and , was Saudi Arabia
's Deputy Minister of Defense & Aviation 1978 - 2011. He is a part of the Sudairi Seven
.
He was the first of King Abdul-Aziz
's sons to study in the West. He replaced his full brother, Prince Turki, in 1978, as the Kingdom's Deputy Minister of Defense & Aviation.
House of Saud
The House of Saud , also called the Al Saud, is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia and one of the wealthiest and most powerful dynasties in the world. The family holds thousands of members...
and , was Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
's Deputy Minister of Defense & Aviation 1978 - 2011. He is a part of the Sudairi Seven
Sudairi Seven
The Sudairi Seven, also spelled Sudairy or Sudayri, is the commonly used name for a powerful alliance of seven full brothers and their descendants within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. They are also known as the Al Fahd . They are sometimes referred to as the Sudairi Clan or the Sudairi faction...
.
He was the first of King Abdul-Aziz
Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia
King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia was the first monarch of the Third Saudi State known as Saudi Arabia. He was commonly referred to as Ibn Saud....
's sons to study in the West. He replaced his full brother, Prince Turki, in 1978, as the Kingdom's Deputy Minister of Defense & Aviation.