Breaking: Saudi Prince Mutaib Bin Abdulaziz Passes Away

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Saudi Prince Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud passed away, the Saudi Royal Court announced in a breaking news.

Prince Mutaib was born in Riyadh on 26 March 1952. He was one of 34 children and the third son of King Abdullah. His mother is Munira Al Otaishan.

The deceased Prince is a half brother to the current King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdel- Aziz. He served as the commander of the National Guard from 2010 to 2013, after that he was appointed as Minister of the National Guard since 27 May 2013.

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Mutaib bin Abdullah graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as a lieutenant in 1974. He received a master’s degree at King Khalid Military College.

The deceased prince has also served as head of the commission responsible for reviewing the curricula of military college. In 1983, King Fahd promoted Mutaib bin Abdullah to the rank of Colonel, and he was also appointed commander of the King Khalid Military City.

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In 1990, he began to serve as deputy head of the military under the chairmanship of the National Guard in addition to his post as the commander of the King Khalid military college and the National Guard military college.

In 1995, he was promoted to the rank of the team captain. On 21 December 2000, Mutaib bin Abdullah was made deputy assistant chief of the National Guard responsible for military affairs and was also promoted to the rank of general. In June 2009, King Abdullah appointed him as deputy commander of SANG responsible for executive affairs at the rank of minister.

On 17 November 2010, Mutaib bin Abdullah became the commander of SANG, replacing King Abdullah. He conducted a major $ 3 billion reorganization of SANG to develop its firepower and artillery. Okaz reported in May 2012 that Prince Mutaib had some future plans to establish a body in SANG having female soldiers.