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Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf Al Muqrin

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Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf Al Muqrin
Mayor of Riyadh
In office
1997 – 24 June 2012
Appointed byKing Fahd
Preceded byEng. Mossaed Abdul Rahman Al Angari
Succeeded byEng. Abdullah al-Mogbel
MonarchsFahd
Abdullah
Personal details
Born1958
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Alma materKing Saud University
University of Pennsylvania

Prince Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf Al Muqrin or Al-Migrin[1] (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن محمد بن عياف آل مقرن; born 1958) is a Saudi Arabian architect, philanthropist, politician and a member of the Muqrin clan, from which the ruling family is branched who was the fifth mayor of Riyadh from 1997 till 24 June 2012.[2][3] He currently serves as the chairman of the board of trustees at Prince Sultan University[4] and King Salman Center for Local Governance and as the vice chairman of the board of directors of the Riyadh Science Foundation. In June 2023, he has been appointed as Deputy Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ Menoret, Pascal (2020-07-07). Graveyard of Clerics: Everyday Activism in Saudi Arabia. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-1247-1.
  2. ^ "Prince Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
  3. ^ New Mayor of Riyadh appointed Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the US website
  4. ^ "Prince Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf". Arab News. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  5. ^ "Saudi Prince from remote Al-Saud branch named deputy defence minister". Gulf States Newsletter. 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  6. ^ الرياض, أمانة منطقة. "Prince Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf". www.alriyadh.gov.sa. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
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