Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud

Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Mohammed Al Saud (Arabic: الأمير سلمان بن عبد العزيز بن سلمان بن محمد بن سعود بن فيصل, Salmān bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin Salman ʾĀl Suʿūd) (Also known as Salman Ghazalan) (born 1 November 1982) is a member of the Saudi royal family.

Not to be confused with Salman of Saudi Arabia.
Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud
Born (1982-11-01) 1 November 1982
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
SpousePrincess Oraib bint Abdullah Al Saud
Full name
Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Saud
FatherAbdulaziz bin Salman bin Muhammad Al Saud
MotherNouf bint Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
Alma materKing Saud University
Saint Clements University
Paris-Sorbonne University

Early life and education

Prince Salman was born in Riyadh on 1 November 1982.[1] He is a member of a cadet branch of Al Saud, Al Kabir. His mother is Princess Nouf bint Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman whose father, Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, was the younger brother of King Abdulaziz, 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 Suud Al Kabir.[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]

Activities

Prince Salman founded "The Visionary Movers Club", which aims to bring young leaders of the world together in a single platform, to share knowledge, ideas and information, to build networks and communication, to promote meaningful relationships and facilitate cultural exchange. He participated in international human rights summits sponsored by the United Nations and UNESCO.

Salman is passionate about horse racing, falconry and camel racing. He supports the Horse Annual Racing Prize taking place in Riyadh and set up the first camel race in France.

Art collection

Salman collects art pieces from around the world in his palaces.

Arrest

Prince Salman was detained in January 2018, two months after the 2017 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 to the palace in the middle of the night, then beaten and arrested after he arrived. As of November 2018, Salman and his father were 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.[6]

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][7]

Awards

Prince Salman has received several awards and medals from several countries and organisations. Salman received the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic and the Medaille de la Légion d'honneur in France in 2012. Some other accomplishments include the Medal of Chamber of Commerce in France (2012), the City Medal of La Rochelle, the City Medal of Florence, Italy (2013) and the St. Georgs Orden of the Semperoperball in Dresden, Germany, (2017).

Business

Prince 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.[8] He is CEO of the company. He owns oil and construction business inside Saudi Arabia and in several other countries.

Personal life

Prince 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]

Ancestry

References
  1. "Macron intervenes in case of detained Saudi prince". Middle East Monitor. 14 November 2018.
  2. "حصري.. أسرة أميرين سعوديين معتقلين تتخوف من مصيرهما وماكرون يتدخل". thenewkhalij.news. 11 November 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. Salman Al Saud (13 October 2014). "Problèmes de base du droit des entreprises en difficulté. Etude comparée droit français-droit saoudien". www.theses.fr. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. "The case of a Saudi prince illustrates a pattern of arbitrary detention". Egypt Independent. CNN. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Aziz Zemouri (23 October 2018). "Arabie saoudite: "MBS a placé sa propre mère en résidence surveillée !"". Le Point.
  8. http://www.buonaserajet.com/%5B%5D
  9. 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.
  10. "هكذا يعبر مئات الأمراء من آل سعود عن رفضهم لابن سلمان". Arabi 21 (in Arabic). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  11. "محليات صور نادرة للملك عبد الله وحياته". Mz.net (in Arabic). 15 March 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  12. "Heute SemperOpernball! Sogar ein Prinz kommt süße Debütantinnen gucken". tag24.de. 3 February 2017.
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