Mansour bin Saud Al Saud

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Mansour bin Saud Al Saud
Commander of National Guard
In office1961 – 1963
Predecessor Badr bin Saud
Successor Sultan bin Saud
Monarch King Saud
Born1946 (age 7576)
Riyadh
Issue7
Names
Mansour bin Saud bin Abdulaziz
House House of Saud
Father King Saud
MotherTerkiyah Mohammed Al Abdulaziz

Mansour bin Saud Al Saud (born 1946) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and former military officer. He is a member of the House of Saud.

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Early life and education

Prince Mansour was born in 1946 in Riyadh. [1] [2] He is the fifteenth child of King Saud, [3] and his mother is Terkiyah Mohammed Al Abdulaziz. [4] Prince Mansour is a high school graduate. [2] His full siblings include Princess Dalal, Prince Abdullah, Prince Turki and Prince Al Waleed. [5]

Career

During the reign of King Saud, Prince Mansour was the commander of the Saudi National Guard between 1961 and 1963. [1] He replaced his brother Prince Badr in the post. [1] Another of his brothers, Prince Sultan, succeeded Prince Mansour as the commander of the National Guard. [1]

Prince Mansour's next post was chief of the royal court from 1963 to 1964. [1] He supported King Saud in his struggle against Mansour's uncle, Crown Prince Faisal. [6] After his father abdicated and Faisal became king, Prince Mansour did not pledge his allegiance to the new king unlike some of his brothers. [7] He accompanied his father in exile and also, in his visits to Cairo and Yemen during this period. [1] [7]

In the mid 1970s Prince Mansour founded construction and cement companies in Riyadh. [8]

Personal life

Prince Mansour is married and has seven children, four daughters and three sons. [2] One of his daughters, Dima bint Mansour, opened a fashion concept store, Personage, in Saudi Arabia in 2018. [9]

Prince Mansour lives in Paris, France. [3] He is an honorary member of Al Nassr FC. [3]

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