Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Sha'lan
| Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Sha'lan | |||||
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| Born | 1956 (age 65–66) | ||||
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| House | Al Saud (maternal lineage) | ||||
Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Shaalan Al Ruwaily (born 1956) (Arabic: نايف بن فواز الشعلان) is a Saudi Arabian businessman. He was convicted of drug trafficking in a French court.
Early life[]
Nayef was educated at University of Miami, where he lived from the late-1970s to mid-1980s. He speaks eight languages.[1]
Business and other positions[]
Nayef invested in the oil business in Colombia and Venezuela.[1][2][3] He was a high-ranking diplomat.[1]
Personal life[]
He is a maternal grandson of the founding monarch, King Abdulaziz. Nayef's older brother, Nawaf, is married to a daughter of King Abdullah. Nayef is the twin brother of Saud.[1]
Nayef's father-in-law is Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's former deputy minister of defense and aviation who is a member of the powerful Sudairi Seven.[1] Nayef's twin brother Saud is also son-in-law of Prince Abdul Rahman.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Ireland, Doug (6 May 2004). "Royal Coke". LA Weekly News. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Drug Smuggling Saudi Prince Gets 10 Years". 9 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "La piste Al Shaalan". 26 December 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- 20th-century Saudi Arabian businesspeople
- 21st-century Saudi Arabian businesspeople
- 1956 births
- Grandsons of Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
- Living people
- Princeton University alumni
- People convicted in absentia
- Saudi Arabian drug traffickers
- Saudi Arabian Muslims
- Twin people