Nawaf bin Faisal Al Saud

Nawaf bin Faisal Al Saud (Arabic: نواف بن فيصل آل سعود; born 1 April 1978) is a Saudi Arabian government official who served as the president of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee from 2011 to 2013.[1][2] and the former president of youth welfare.[3] A member of the House of Saud, he is a grandson of King Fahd and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz.

Nawaf bin Faisal Al Saud
Nawaf bin Faisal (2006)
President General of Youth Welfare (Ministry of Youth and Sport)
In officeJanuary 2011 – June 2013
PredecessorSultan bin Fahd Al Saud
SuccessorAbdullah bin Musaid Al Saud
Born (1978-04-01) 1 April 1978
Names
Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz al Saud
HouseSaud
FatherFaisal bin Fahd
MotherMunira bint Sultan bin Abdulaziz
Alma materKing Saud University

Early life and education

Nawaf was born on 1 April 1978.[4] He is the eldest son of Prince Faisal bin Fahd, himself the eldest son of King Fahd. His mother was Princess Munira bint Sultan,[5] a daughter of King Fahd's brother Sultan bin Abdulaziz.[6] Princess Munira died in June 2011 at age 59.[5]

Nawaf holds a bachelor of law degree from the faculty of administrative sciences at King Saud University. He graduated in 1998.[4]

Positions held

Nawaf bin Faisal was formerly vice-president of the Saudi Youth Hostels Society. He has been president of the Saudi Arabia Football Federation until his resignation on 1 March 2012. He confirmed he had resigned from his post following the national team's early exit from 2014 World Cup qualifying.[7] He was elected to the IOC in 2002, but resigned in 2014 after leaving the presidency of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee.[2]

He served as the deputy president of youth welfare.[8] He was then appointed president general of youth welfare, and replaced his uncle, Sultan bin Fahd.[9] Prince Nawaf's term ended in June 2013 as the president of youth welfare and Abdullah bin Musaed Al Saud replaced him in the post.[3]

He is also the former president of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee,[2][10] president of Federation of Arab National Olympic Committees,[5] and executive president of the Union of Arab Football Associations (Pan-Arab Football Federation).[11] He is also an ambassador for Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization, committed to serving peace in the world through sport.[12]

Controversy

According to Al Hayat newspaper, Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz said in April 2012 that women can represent Saudi at the Olympics in London as long as they do not contradict Islamic laws. His approval was conditioned on women competing in sports that "meet the standards of women's decency and don't contradict Islamic laws," though even this concession seemed surprising. Yet only a few days later, the head of the Saudi Olympic Committee, Nawaf bin Faysal, explicitly ruled out sending women athletes to the London Olympics. "We are not endorsing any Saudi female participation at the moment in the Olympics or other international championships," he told a press conference in Jiddah. Nawwaf added that Saudi women taking part on their own were free to do so, and the Kingdom's Olympic authority would "help in ensuring that their participation does not violate the Islamic shari'a law." Though he did emphasize that this was in accordance with a previously-stated position, it did seem a rebuff to Prince Nayef.[13]

Arab youth and sports ministers on 4 April 2012 announced their boycott of sports apparel manufacturer Adidas over the company's sponsorship of last month's Jerusalem marathon. "All companies that have sponsored the marathon of Jerusalem, including Adidas, will be boycotted," said Nawaf bin Faisal, chairman of the Arab youth and sports council of ministers, after a meeting in Jeddah. He told that the ministers also agreed to organise a separate marathon next year to coincide with the annual Jerusalem event.[14]

References
  1. Should Saudi Arabia be Banned from the Olympics?
  2. "HRH Prince Nawaf Faisal Fahd Abdulaziz stands down as IOC member". Olympic.org. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "Saudi Arabia appoints new Youth Welfare president". Al Arabiya. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. "HRH Prince Nawaf Faisal Fahd Abdulaziz". Olympic Organization. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  5. "Prince Sattam performs funerary prayers over the deceased". Ain Alyaqeen. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  6. "Funeral Prayers For Princess Munira bint Sultan". Saudi Press Agency. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  7. Ben Somerford (1 March 2012). "Saudi Arabia FA president leads departures after early 2014 World Cup qualifying exit". Goal. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  8. "Extensions of ministerial tenure". Samirad. Riyadh. 30 April 2003. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  9. "Nawaf is new head of Youth Welfare". Arab News. 15 January 2011.
  10. "The Saudi Arabian football federation". Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  11. "تنصيب الأمير نواف بن فيصل رئيسا للاتحاد العربي". Al Yaum. دار اليوم. 7 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  12. Peace and Sport
  13. Kapoor, Talal. "Nayif's Return - A Lame Duck Crown Prince?". Datarabia. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  14. "Arab sports council boycotts Adidas over Jerusalem event". Ten Sport. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
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