Security veteran Nayef is the coming man, but not yet an assured successor in Saudi Arabia


Issue 851 - 18 Apr 2009 | 7 minute read

Promotion to become second deputy PM is a key step towards a throne the interior minister has long coveted, but reports that, with Crown Prince Sultan ailing, Prince Nayef is the anointed successor seem premature as King Abdullah's true intentions remain unclear.

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