Mansour bin Muqrin Al Saud
{{Short description|Saudi royal, businessman and government official (1974–2017)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|Al Saud}}
{{Infobox royalty
| birth_date = 1974
| death_date = 5 November {{death year and age|2017|1974}}
| full name = Mansour bin Muqrin bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saud
| house = Al Saud
| father = Muqrin bin Abdulaziz
| mother = Abtah bint Hamoud Al Rashid
| succession = Advisor at Crown Prince Court
| reign = 22 April 2015 – 5 November 2017
| reign-type = In office
| regent = King Salman
| reg-type = Monarch
| succession1 = Deputy Governor of Asir
| reign1 = 2013 – 5 November 2017
| reign-type1 = In office
| regent1 = {{ubl|King Abdullah|King Salman}}
| reg-type1 = Monarch
}}
Mansour bin Muqrin Al Saud (1974 – 5 November 2017; {{langx|ar|منصور بن مقرن بن عبد العزيز آل سعود}}) was a Saudi businessman, member of the House of Saud, and advisor at the Court of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.{{cite web|url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2421904&language=en|title=Saudi King orders Cabinet reshuffle, amendments for state bodies|work=Kuwait News Agency|date=1 January 2015}} In April 2015, he was appointed advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques with the rank of minister. He was the son of Prince Muqrin, former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. He was one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He was killed in mysterious circumstances when his helicopter crashed near the country's border with Yemen on 5 November 2017, hours after a major purge of the kingdom's political and business leadership.{{cite news|title=Helicopter crash kills Saudi prince|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41881058|work=BBC News|date=6 November 2017}}
Family
Mansour was the second youngest son of Prince Muqrin{{cite web|author=Karen Elliott House|title=Saudi Arabia in Transition: From Defense to Offense, But How to Score?|work=Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
|url=https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/SA%20Transition%20-%20web.pdf|access-date=13 August 2020|pages=5,7}} and Abta bint Hamoud Al Rashid,{{cite journal|author=Raphaeli Nimrod|title=Saudi Arabia: A brief guide to its politics and problems
|journal=Middle East Review of International Affairs|date=September 2003|volume=7|issue=3|url=http://www.mafhoum.com/press6/162P53.htm}} and a full brother of Turki bin Muqrin, Faisal bin Muqrin and Bandar bin Muqrin, half brother of Fahd bin Muqrin. [http://www.datarabia.com/royals/searchPerson.do;jsessionid=59642F13160DC98BE55BF0A02362F86E?ptype=1&submitted=true&male=true&firstname=%25%25&fathname=Muqrin&granname=Abd+al-Aziz&branch=%25%25 Family Directory] Datarabia In 2009, Mansour married a daughter of his first cousin Prince Saud bin Fahd Al Saud.{{cite web|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/viewArticle.do?id=8644|title=Wedding of Prince Mansour bin Muqrin|work=Al Riyadh|date=13 March 2013}}
Career
In 2013, Mansour bin Muqrin was named deputy governor of 'Asir Region which he held until his death in 2017. In January 2015, King Salman accepted Crown Prince Muqrin's recommendation that Mansour be made advisor at the Court of the Crown Prince.{{cite web|url=http://www.peninsulatimes.org/2015/01/31/new-king-new-government-technocrats/|title=A new King, a new government of technocrats|work=The Peninsula|date=31 January 2015|access-date=18 February 2015|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917092829/http://www.peninsulatimes.org/2015/01/31/new-king-new-government-technocrats/}}
He was a partner in Ethan Allen's Saudi franchise.{{cite web|work=Businesswire|date=17 December 2013
|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131217006056/en/American-Born-Globally-Bound-Ethan-Allen-Opens#.VOT6hYTnZGB|title=American Born, Globally Bound: Ethan Allen Opens in Saudi Arabia and Romania}} Mansour was vice chairman of Al Bayan Foundation, which builds colleges of higher education in Saudi Arabia.{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/news/513746|title=Agreement signed for Al-Bayan hotel management college|work=Arab News|date=23 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?m=gcc_press&id=2321472&cnt=171&lang=en&PHPSESSID=|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150218220021/http://www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?m=gcc_press&id=2321472&cnt=171&lang=en&PHPSESSID=|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2015|title=Madinah Governor Receives Deputy Chairman of Al-Bayan Foundation for Education|work=Gulf Research Center|date=20 June 2011}}
Death
Mansour bin Muqrin died in a helicopter crash near Abha, near the border with Yemen, along with seven other officials while returning from an inspection tour, according to the Interior Ministry. It did not give a cause for the crash.{{cite web|work=Al Arabiya|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2017/11/06/Saudi-Prince-Mansour-bin-Muqrin-dies-in-helicopter-crash.html|title=Saudi Prince Mansour bin Muqrin dies in helicopter crash|access-date=5 November 2017}}{{cite news
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41881058|title=Saudi prince killed in helicopter crash near Yemen border|work=BBC|date=5 November 2017 |access-date=6 November 2017}}{{Cite news
|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-prince-killed-helicopter-crash-near-yemen-border-state-tv-2098807199|title=Saudi prince Mansour died in helicopter crash near Yemen border|date=6 November 2017|work=Middle East Eye|access-date=10 November 2017}} His brother Faisal in a statement to Saudi newspaper Okaz denied reports that Mansour's death was suspicious.{{Cite news|author=Habib Toumi|work=Gulf News
|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-prince-mansour-s-helicopter-crash-was-accidental-brother-1.2122005|title=Saudi prince Mansour's helicopter crash was accidental: brother|date=10 November 2017|access-date=23 November 2017}} In October 2018, Middle East Eye claimed that Mansour was killed by the Tiger Squad, and that he had fled the 2017 Saudi Arabian purge which began on 4 November 2017.
References
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{{cite news|author=Mustafa Abu Sneineh|title=The Saudi death squad MBS uses to silence dissent|date=22 October 2018|work=Middle East Eye|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/tiger-squad-saudi-hitmen-khashoggi-mbs|access-date=22 October 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-waleed-bin-talal.html|title= Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Including Billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal|author=David D. Kirkpatrick|date=4 November 2017|work= The New York Times|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-date=24 October 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024114411/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-waleed-bin-talal.html}}}}
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