| House: | Al Shaalan |
| Father: | Fawwaz Al Shaalan |
Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Shaalan Al Ruwaily (born 1956) (Arabic: نايف بن فواز الشعلان) is a Saudi Arabian diplomat and businessman. As a grandson of Prince Nuri Al-Shaalan, Nayef is a prince and a member of the House of Al-Shaalan.
Nayef invested in the oil business in Colombia and Venezuela.[1]
In 1999, he smuggled two tons of cocaine from Venezuela to France.[2] He was accused by the French government of using his diplomatic status to transport the drugs onto his private 727 jet.[3] [4] He escaped sentencing, and was convicted in absentia in 2007.[2] The United States government also indicted him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine.[1] [2]
Nayef speaks eight languages. He lived in the United States from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.[1] He is a grandson of Prince Nuri al-Shaalan and a maternal grandson of the founding monarch of Saudi, King Abdulaziz. Nayef's older brother, Nawaf, is married to a daughter of King Abdullah. Nayef has a twin brother, Saud.[5]
Nayef is a nephew and son-in-law of Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's former deputy minister of defense and aviation.[1] Nayef's brother, Saud, is also the son-in-law of Prince Abdul Rahman.[1]