Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | |||||
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Minister of Communications | |||||
In office | 1952 – April 1955 | ||||
Predecessor | Office established | ||||
Successor | Office abolished | ||||
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Born | Ta'if, Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz | 15 August 1931||||
Died | 22 December 2018 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | (aged 87)||||
Burial | 23 December 2018 Al Oud Cemetery, Riyadh | ||||
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Issue | 15 | ||||
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House | Al Saud | ||||
Father | King Abdulaziz | ||||
Mother | Munaiyir |
Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: طلال بن عبد العزيز آل سعود Ṭalāl bin ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Saʿūd; 15 August 1931 – 22 December 2018), formerly also called The Red Prince,[1] was a Saudi Arabian politician, dissident, businessman, and philanthropist. A member of the House of Saud, he was notable for his liberal stance, striving for a national constitution, the full rule of law and equality before the law. He was also the leader of Free Princes Movement in the 1960s.