Saudi Arabia: Prince Nayef in the line of successionnote

Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz, who is 76 years old, was appointed on 27/03/09 as 2nd Deputy PM, a vacant post since his brother Prince Sultan became Crown Prince on 1/8/2005. The move puts him in the line of succession after his brother Crown Prince Sultan, who is still undergoing treatment at a hospital in New York. The following 735-word report focuses on the subject and provides a preliminary evaluation of the event.