Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: سلمان بن عبد العزیز آل سعود, romanized: Salmān bin ʿAbd al ʿAzīz ʾĀl Suʿūd; born 1 November 1982) is a member of the Saudi ruling family. He has been detained without charge or explanation since January 2018 as part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 2017–2019 Saudi Arabian purge.
| Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | |||||
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| Born | 1 November 1982 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Oraib bint Abdullah Al Saud | ||||
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| Father | Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Muhammad Al Saud | ||||
| Mother | Nouf bint Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud | ||||
| Alma mater | King Saud University Saint Clements University Paris-Sorbonne University | ||||
Early life and education
editPrince Salman was born in Riyadh on 1 November 1982.[1] He is a member of a cadet branch of Al Saud, Al Kabeer. His mother is Princess Nouf bint Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman whose father, Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, was the younger brother of King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, founder of the KSA. His father is Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Mohammed Al Saud.[2] His great grandfather, Mohammed bin Saud, was the son of Noura bint Abdul Rahman and Saud Al Kabeer.[3]
Prince Salman received his early education at the Najd School in Riyadh and graduated from King Saud University after studying law. He completed his postgraduate studies at Oxford University and obtained a master's Degree in international law at Saint Clements University. He received a PhD degree in international law from the Paris-Sorbonne University. His doctoral thesis was published in French and is entitled, Problèmes de base du droit des entreprises en difficulté: Etude comparée droit français-droit saoudien.[4]
He is fluent in Arabic, English and French.[5]
Business
editPrince Salman established Buonasera Ltd, a private aviation company in 2015 and one of the largest yacht charter company in the south of France, he owns 6 Mega Lürssen yachts.[6] He is CEO of the company. He owns oil and construction business inside Saudi Arabia and in several other countries.
Arrest
editPrince Salman was detained in January 2018 as part of the 2017–2019 Saudi Arabian purge. Salman's father was also arrested two days after his son. People close to him told the Washington Post that he was summoned, in the middle of the night, to the palace where he was beaten and arrested. As of November 2018, Salman and his father had still not been released, according to his Paris-based attorney, Elie Hatem, and neither of them were charged as of October 2018. Again, neither were brought to trial, and there was no official recognition of their presence with the Saudi authorities. The lawyer and the family of the two princes confirmed that there were no corruption suspicion against them and stressed that they had been detained because they expressed their opinions.
Sources close to Salman also told The Washington Post that they believed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman harbored "personal jealousy" toward Salman.[7]
Salman and his father were held at the al-Ha'ir Prison. His lawyer was in contact with the President of France Emmanuel Macron and the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to achieve their release. Several members of the royal family campaigned in favor of Macron. The most active was the billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal who was still under house arrest. Following the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on 2 October 2018, the family of the two detained expressed grave concern about their fate, because they had not heard any news about them since they were summoned to the Royal Palace 10 months prior.[1][8]
Personal life
editPrince Salman married a daughter of King Abdullah,[5][9] Oraib bint Abdullah.[10] She is the blood sister of Prince Turki bin Abdullah who has been in detention since November 2017[10] and Mishaal bin Abdullah, and their mother is Tadhi bint Mishaan Al Jarba.[11]
The net worth of Prince Salman was estimated at 2.7 billion USD in February 2017.[12] Salman collects art pieces from around the world in his palaces. Salman is passionate about horse racing, falconry, camel racing, DOTA 2 and anime-styled media.[13] He supports the Horse Annual Racing Prize taking place in Riyadh and set up the first camel race in France.[citation needed]
Ancestry
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References
edit- ^ a b "Macron intervenes in case of detained Saudi prince". Middle East Monitor. 14 November 2018.
- ^ "حصري.. أسرة أميرين سعوديين معتقلين تتخوف من مصيرهما وماكرون يتدخل". thenewkhalij.news. 11 November 2018.
- ^ Falih Al Dhibyani (16 May 2011). "Noura, a trusted sister of Kingdom's founder". Saudi Gazette. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ Salman Al Saud (13 October 2014). Problèmes de base du droit des entreprises en difficulté. Etude comparée droit français-droit saoudien. www.theses.fr (These de doctorat). Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ a b "The case of a Saudi prince illustrates a pattern of arbitrary detention". Egypt Independent. CNN. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Buona Sera Jet[permanent dead link]
- ^ Kevin Sullivan, Karen DeYoung, Souad Mekhennet and Kareem Fahim (30 October 2018). "Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is 'chief of the tribe' in a cowed House of Saud". The Washington Post.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Aziz Zemouri (23 October 2018). "Arabie saoudite: "MBS a placé sa propre mère en résidence surveillée !"". Le Point.
- ^ Kevin Sullivan; Kareem Fahim (5 November 2018). "A year after the Ritz-Carlton roundup, Saudi elites remain jailed by the crown prince". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ a b "هكذا يعبر مئات الأمراء من آل سعود عن رفضهم لابن سلمان". Arabi 21 (in Arabic). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "محليات صور نادرة للملك عبد الله وحياته". Mz.net (in Arabic). 15 March 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Heute SemperOpernball! Sogar ein Prinz kommt süße Debütantinnen gucken". tag24.de. 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Saudi Prince Dota 2: Prince of Saudi Arabia, Archangel_Yuji". GuruGamer.com. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2024.