Full Name: | Abdulaziz bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud |
Succession: | Deputy intelligence chief |
Reign: | 2010 – October 2012 |
Reg-Type: | In office |
Successor: | Yousef bin Ali Al Idrisi |
Father: | Bandar bin Abdulaziz |
Spouse: | Najla bint Saad bin Mohammed Al Saud |
Birth Place: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
House: | Al Saud |
Abdulaziz bin Bandar Al Saud (born 1961) is a Saudi royal and businessman who was assistant intelligence chief from 2004 to 2012.
Prince Abdulaziz was born in Riyadh in 1961[1] to Prince Bandar, a son of King Abdulaziz.[2]
Abdulaziz bin Bandar was named assistant intelligence chief in 2004 and promoted to the position of deputy intelligence chief at the Saudi intelligence agency in 2010.[1] He was an assistant to Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, the head of the agency.[3] Youssef bin Ali Al Idrissi replaced him in October 2012.[4] [5] Abdulaziz has several business activities.[1]
Prince Abdulaziz is married to Najla bint Saad bin Mohammed Al Saud.[6] One of their sons, Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, married Sarah bint Fahd,[6] [7] a daughter of King Salman's eldest son Fahd bin Salman. Their marriage ceremony was held in Marbella on 2 July 2011.[8] Prince Talal was a lieutenant colonel at the Royal Saudi Air Force and died in a military airplane crash in the Eastern Province during a training mission on 7 December 2023.[9] [10]