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December 19, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/018fdsio.asp

Prince Nayef: The Most Powerful Man in Saudi Arabia

(Weekly Standard) Bill Tierney - The man in charge of the Saudi Ministry of Interior for the last 27 years is Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz. Active and alert at 69 - unlike the two leading members of the "Sudeiri Seven," King Fahd and Prince Sultan, both of whom are elderly and ailing - Nayef has far more sway than the Western press has generally recognized. It is he who maintains the stability of the kingdom and, day by day, keeps the royal family in power. The keys are in his hands, and there is no one who can hold him to account.

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