Muqrin bin Abdulaziz [SEP] noble family
Muqrin bin Abdulaziz
Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; born 15 September 1945) is a member of House of Saud who served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from January to April 2015. He was Director General of Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah (Saudi Intelligence Agency) from 2005 to 2012. In July 2012, Muqrin was appointed King Abdullah's Advisor and Special Envoy with the rank of minister. On 1 February 2013, King Abdullah named him as Second Deputy Prime Minister, being the fifth Saudi royal to hold this position.
2017, hours after a major purge of the kingdom's political and business leadership.
Family.
Mansour was the son of former Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz and Abta bint Hamoud Al Rashid, and a brother of Prince Turki bin Muqrin bin Abdulaziz and Fahd bin Muqrin. In 2013, Mansour married a daughter of his first cousin Prince Saud bin Fahd Al Saud.
Career.
In January 2015, King Salman accepted Crown Prince Murqin's recommendation that Mansour be made Advisor at the Court of the Crown Prince.