Mansour bin Abdulaziz
Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: منصور بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (1921 – 2 May 1951) was the first defense minister of Saudi Arabia and a member of Saudi royal family, House of Saud.
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Born | 1921 | ||||
Died | 2 May 1951 (aged 29–30) Riyadh | ||||
Cause of death | Alcohol poisoning | ||||
Burial place | Al Adl cemetery, Mecca | ||||
Spouse(s) | Zahwa bint Abdulaziz bin Suleiman | ||||
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House | House of Saud | ||||
Saudi Arabian Minister of Defense | |||||
In office 10 November 1943 – 2 May 1951 | |||||
Appointed by | Ibn Saud | ||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||
Succeeded by | Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
Early life
Prince Mansour was born in 1921.[1][2] He is widely believed to be the ninth son of Ibn Saud,[3] but William A. Eddy argues that Prince Mansour is the sixth son of Ibn Saud.[4]
His mother was an Armenian woman, Shahida (died 1938),[5] who was reportedly the favorite wife of Ibn Saud.[6] Prince Mansour had two full brothers, Prince Mishaal and Prince Mutaib and a full sister, Princess Qumash, who died on 26 September 2011.[7]
Career
Prince Mansour was the emir of Murabba Palace in 1943.[8] He officially visited Cairo.[8] Ibn Saud sent him there to support the Indian Muslim officers and men just before the Battle of El Alamein.[9]
Then he was appointed minister of defense by Ibn Saud on 10 November 1943 when office was established.[10] Therefore, he is the first defense minister of Saudi Arabia.[11] Prince Muhammad and Prince Mansour accompanied Ibn Saud in the latter's meeting with the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 14 February 1945.[4][12] He also participated in Ibn Saud's meeting with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Egypt in February 1945.[13] Prince Mansour's term as defense minister lasted until his death in 1951, and he was replaced by his full brother Prince Mishaal who had been his deputy at the ministry.[10]
Personal life
Prince Mansour was married and had two children, Talal and Muhdi.[14] Prince Talal (born 1951) was raised by his uncle Prince Mutaib following the death of his father.[1] Prince Mutaib's daughter, Princess Nouf, married Prince Talal[1] who was made a member of Allegiance Council in December 2007.[15]
Death
Prince Mansour died of alcohol poisoning after a party hosted by his older half-brother, then governor of Riyadh Nasser bin Abdulaziz[16] on 2 May 1951.[1] He was buried in Al Adl cemetery, Mecca.[17] Upon hearing of this event, Ibn Saud threw Prince Nasser in jail. Nasser bin Abdulaziz subsequently lost his post and never returned to public life.[16]
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- Thomas W. Lippman (April–May 2005). "The Day FDR Met Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud" (PDF). The Link. 38 (2): 1–12. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- "Riyadh. The capital of monotheism" (PDF). Business and Finance Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- "Family Tree of Mansur bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud". Datarabia. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
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- "The new successıon law preserves the monarchy". Wikileaks. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- "Al-Adl: One of Makkah's oldest cemeteries". Saudi Gazette. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2012.