Abdul Elah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Member of the House of Saud
Abdul Elah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: عبد الإله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ʿAbd al ʾIlāh bin ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd), also spelled Abdulillah, born 1939) is a member of the Saudi royal family. He is a son of King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and was an advisor to another of Abdulaziz's sons, King Abdullah. Prince Abdul Elah is the second oldest surviving son of Abdulaziz, the eldest being King Salman.
Early life
Prince Abdul Elah was born in 1939. He is the son of King Abdulaziz and Haya bint Saad Al Sudairi, a member of the powerful Sudairi family who died in Riyadh on 18 April 2003 at the age of 90. He is a full brother of Prince Badr and Prince Abdul Majeed.
Career
Prince Abdul Elah was appointed governor of Al Qassim Province on 19 March 1980 replacing Fahd bin Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman in the post. In May 1991 he did not allow two radical clerics in Buraidah to deliver Friday sermons. The incident caused conflict, and thousands of people, led by the local ulema and the religious police, protested against him. Sheik Abdulaziz bin Baz who was the head of the Supreme Religious Council, sent a letter to Prince Abdul Elah backing the preachers.
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