Saad bin Saud Al Saud
{{Short description|Saudi royal and military officer (1924–1977)}}
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{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|Al Saud}}
{{Infobox royalty|consort=yes
| full name = Saad bin Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman
| succession = Commander of the National Guard
| reign = 1959 – August 1963
| reign-type = In office
| successor = Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
| predecessor = Khalid bin Saud
| reg-type = Monarch
| regent = Saud
| house = Al Saud
| father = King Saud
| mother = Baraka Al Raziqi Al Alma'i
| birth_date = 1924
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1968|1924}}
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Saad bin Saud Al Saud (1924–1968) was a Saudi royal and military officer who served as the commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) between 1959 and 1963. He was a son of the second king of Saudi Arabia, King Saud ({{abbrv|r.|reigned}} 1953-1964), and the grandson of the country's founder and first ruler, King Abdulaziz ({{abbrv|r.|reigned}} 1932–1953).
Biography
Prince Saad bin Saud was born in 1924 as the son of Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz and Baraka Al Raziqi Al Alma'i. His father, Prince Saud, was the son of Saudi King Abdulaziz.{{cite web|title=Family. Muhammed bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|access-date=26 May 2021
|url=http://www.kingsaud.org/family/mohammed-bin-saud-bin-abdulaziz-al-saud/143|work=King Saud website|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920205554/http://www.kingsaud.org/family/mohammed-bin-saud-bin-abdulaziz-al-saud/143|url-status=dead}}{{cite thesis|author=George T. Fitzgerald|title=Government administration in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia|degree=Master of Public Administration|url=https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/292/|location=California State University, San Bernardino|year=1983
|page=94}} His mother, Baraka, was from Asir in southwest Saudi Arabia. Prince Saad had a full brother, Prince Muhammed.{{cite web|title=Saad bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|url=http://www.owlapps.net/owlapps_apps/articles?id=415088&lang=ar|publisher=Owl apps|access-date=26 May 2021|language=ar}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Prince Saad had business activities and was a promoter of the Saudi Arabian Rafinery Company based in Jeddah. In 1959, he became the commander of SANG,{{cite book|author=Joseph A. Kechichian|title=Succession in Saudi Arabia|year=2001|publisher=Palgrave
|location=New York|page=28|isbn=9780312238803|author-link=Joseph A. Kéchichian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79Fs5bLPgBYC&pg=PA9}} replacing his half-brother Prince Khalid in the post.{{cite thesis|author=Bruce R. Nardulli|title=Dance of Swords: U.S. Military Assistance to Saudi Arabia, 1942-1964|url=http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1038586191|location=Ohio State University|degree=PhD|year=2002}} Prince Saad's tenure ended in August 1963 when Crown Prince Faisal named Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (later King Abdullah) as commander of SANG.{{cite thesis|author=Alexander Blay Bligh|title=Succession to the throne in Saudi Arabia. Court Politics in the Twentieth Century|location=Columbia University|page=192
|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303101806|degree=PhD|year=1981|id={{ProQuest|303101806}}}}{{cite thesis|author=Summer Scott Huyette|title=Political Adaptation in Saudi Arabia: A Study of the Council of Ministers|location=Columbia University|degree=PhD|year=1984
|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303285259|page=149|id={{ProQuest|303285259}}}}
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