King Abdullah appoints Prince Naif as crown prince
King Abdullah appoints Prince Naif as crown prince
Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz
Riyadh - Agencies
Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz
Saudi Arabia's interior minister, 78-year-old Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, was named the new heir to the throne by royal decree which was read on state television Thursday.Nayef succeeds prince
Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, who died last week in New York and was buried Tuesday in Riyadh.
The decree called on King Abdullah's inner circle to recognise Nayef's new status. But there was no mention of who would take over the post of defence minister, left vacant by the death of Sultan.
Nayef, who has been interior minister for nearly four decades, led a crackdown on Al-Qaeda in the kingdom.
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