Saud bin Nayef Al Saud (Arabic: سعود بن نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 1956) is a Saudi Arabian politician who has served as governor of Eastern Province since 13 January 2013.
[3] However, on the death of King Abdullah in 2015, he was passed over in the line of succession in favor of his younger brother Mohammed bin Nayef.
[4] He is the eldest son and one of ten children of the former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Nayef bin Abdulaziz.
[10][11] Saud bin Nayef received a bachelor of arts degree in economics and management from the University of Portland.
[13] In February 1993, he began to serve as the deputy governor of the Eastern Province and left business activities.
[8][16] While serving as ambassador, he contributed to the organization of interfaith conference in Madrid that brought together Israeli and American rabbis and Wahhabi clerics in July 2008.
[23] On 13 January 2013, Prince Saud was appointed governor of the oil-rich Eastern province at the rank of minister, replacing Mohammed bin Fahd in the post.
[10][24] During his term as Saudi Ambassador to Spain, Prince Saud had contacts with president of the Madrid Stock Exchange.
[26] Saud bin Nayef is deputy chairman of the Higher Commission of the Prize of Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for the Prophetic Sunnah and Islamic Studies and General Supervisor of the Prize.