RIYADH: Saudi King
Abdullah issued a decree
appointing Prince
Ahmed as interior minister,
a post held by the late
Prince Naif since 1975.
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The 31st son of King
Abdul Aziz born in 1941,
Prince Ahmed received
his primary and secondary
education in Riyadh.
The prince went to Red
Lands College in the US
for his university education
in 1962. He graduated
from the university
in 1968, receiving a
bachelor’s in management.
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The then King
Faisal appointed Prince
Ahmed as the deputy
governor of Makkah Province
in June 1971.
After four years, he
was appointed deputy
minister of interior, a post
he held until last Monday.
As deputy minister,
he was dealing with provincial
matters.
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The prince is known
for rooting out criminal
activities in the Kingdom.
He is a strong advocate of
traditional Saudi values,
religious principles and
political vision.
The prince is also uncompromising
when it
comes to the rights of the
Kingdom and its citizens.
For instance, he criticised
a warning from the US to
their citizens about travelling
to the Kingdom,
calling it unjustified.
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He pointed out Saudis
travelling to the US
were exposed to more
danger. The prince used
to urge employers to follow
all labour laws scrupulously
as there were
more than seven million
expatriates in the Kingdom.
He is the honorary
president of the Saudi
Alzheimer’s Charitable
Society.
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