Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz

 Chairman of Supreme Council

His Royal Highness Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister

Honorary President of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers

President of the Supreme Council of the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences>

His Royal Highness was born in the city of Riyadh, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in 1934. He received his education in the specialist Princes School and continued his studies with high level scholars choosing to specialize in politics, culture and security based sciences.

His Royal Highness has held some of the highest and most important positions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for many years. These include the following:

  • Representative of the Principality of Riyadh 1951 – 1952
  • Governor of the Region of Riyadh 1953 – 1954
  • Deputy Interior Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1970
  • State Minister for Internal Affairs 1975
  • Interior Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1975
  • Second Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2009
  • His Royal Highness is the president of a number of executive bodies both inside and outside of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. From amongst the most important of them are the following:
  • Honorary President of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers.
  • Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Naif Arab University of Security Sciences (NAUSS).
  • Chairman of the Executive Council of Civil Defense in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Chairman of the Executive Commission for Industrial Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Chairman of the Executive Hajj Committee in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Chairman of the Executive Commission for the Prince Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz International Award for the prophetic Sunnah and Contemporary Islamic Studies.

His Royal Highness gives special attention to academia and knowledge due to his firm belief in its positive effects on the individual and society.

Some of the most important achievements of His Royal Highness in this area are the following:

  • Playing the major role in establishing Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) which was named such by the Council of Arab Interior Ministers due to the leading role played by His Royal Highness in supporting this center of security learning since it was first established in 1978.
  • Yearly academic grants provided from His Royal Highness’s personal wealth to those exceptional postgraduate students at NAUSS who come from all over the Arab world.
  • Establishing the Prince Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz International Award for the prophetic Sunnah and Contemporary Islamic Studies.
  • Establishing the Prince Naif Academic Chair for Teaching Arabic and Islamic Studies in Moscow University.
  • Establishing the Prince Naif Academic Chair for Studies in National Unity in Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Prince Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz is highly respected both regionally and internationally and his been granted a number of honorary degrees, decorations and medals as an indication of his dedication to knowledge and security.

From amongst them are the following:

  • Honorary Doctorate from Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Honorary Doctorate in Law from the Republic of South Korea.
  • Honorary Doctorate in Law from the National Republic of China.
  • Honorary Doctorate in Political Science from Lebanese University.
  • King Abdul Aziz Cordon.
  • The Blessed Cloud Cordon from the National Republic of China.
  • Legion of Honor from the French Republic.
  • The Order of the Star of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
  • The Order of the Liberator, Republic of Venezuela.
  • The Order of National Security, Republic of South Korea.
  • The National Order of the Cedar, Lebanon.