Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Sha'lan

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Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Sha'lan
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Names
Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Shaalan
HouseAl Shaalan
FatherFawwaz Al Shaalan

Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Shaalan Al Ruwaily (born 1956) (Arabic: نايف بن فواز الشعلان) is a Saudi Arabian high-ranking diplomat, politician, theorist, pilot, and businessman. He has played a major role (religious, political, and economic) in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Europe, the United States, and Venezuela. As a grandson of Prince Nuri Al-Shaalan, Nayef is a prince and a member of the House of Al-Shaalan.

Early life

Nayef received his early education in boarding schools in Switzerland and France and completed high school at the Lebanon Catholic School at the age of 14. Then he completed a double bachelor's degree in economics and civil engineering from the University of Miami, a double master's degree, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from MIT, and another Ph.D. in International Strategic Advanced Studies from Princeton University. He speaks ten languages (including seven living languages: French, Arabic, English, Portugees, Spanish, Hebrew, and Italian). He lived in the United States from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.[1]

Business and other positions

Nayef invested in the oil business in Colombia and Venezuela.[1]

Personal life

He is a grandson of Prince Amir Nuri al-Shaalan and a maternal grandson of the founding monarch of Saudi, King Abdulaziz. Nayef's older brother, Nawaf, is married to a daughter of King Abdullah. Nayef is the twin brother of Saud.

Nayef's father-in-law is Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's former deputy minister of defense and aviation who was a member of the powerful Sudairi Seven.[1] Nayef's twin brother Saud is also the son-in-law of Prince Abdul Rahman.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ireland, Doug (6 May 2004). "Royal Coke". LA Weekly News. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

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