Fawwaz bin Abdul Aziz

Fawwaz bin Abdul Aziz

HRH Prince Fawwaz bin Abdul Aziz (1934- July 22, 2008), Governor of Riyadh and later of Makkah, was a member of the House of Saud and son of the first monarch of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud, by his wife Bazza.

He was appointed Governor of Riyadh 1960, but stepped down in 1961, then became part of Saudi Arabia's socialist Free Princes movement in 1962-1964. Rehabilitated by the late King Faisal in 1971, he was appointed Governor of Makkah, and then removed from office in by the late King Khalid in 1980, after the 1979 seizure of the Grand Mosque.

He was a founding member of the Bay'ah Council, and the only full brother of Prince Bandar bin Abdul Aziz. He had a wide range of business activities related to property development in the kingdom.

Prince Fawwaz died in Paris on July 22, 2008, at the age of 74, after suffering from a disease cite news |first=|last=|title=Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz passes away |url=http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/details.php?id=576088|work=Saudi Press Agency|publisher=|date=2008-07-22 |accessdate=2008-09-02] . His funeral was held in the Holy Mosque in Makkah on the following day.Condolence messages were sent to King Abdullah, the Saudi government and the Saudi Royal Family from the King of Bahrain, Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, cite news |first=|last=|title=Bahraini leadership condole Saudi Arabia
url=http://english.bna.bh/?ID=71518|work=Bahrain News Agency|publisher=|date=2008-07-24 |accessdate=2008-09-02] , the Emir of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah cite news |first=|last=|title=Kuwaiti Amir sends cable of condolences to Saudi King |url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?Language=en&id=1926737|publisher= Kuwait News Agency |work= |date=2008-07-22 |accessdate=2008-09-03] , and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, and his heir apparent, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani cite news |first=|last=|title=Cables of condolences to Saudi Arabia
url=http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=local_news&month=july2008&file=local_news2008072413331.xml |work=The Peninsula (newspaper)|publisher=|date=2008-07-24 |accessdate=2008-09-02] .

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