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The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is the second most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the king, and is his designated successor. Currently, the Crown Prince assumes power with the approval of the Allegiance Commission after he is appointed by the king. This system was introduced to the country in the Abdullah Era. In the absence of the king, an order is issued to have the prince manage the affairs of the state until the king's return. The order changes the prince's title temporarily from the ''Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister'' to ''Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques'' until the return of the king to the kingdom. ==History of the position== The last Crown prince of the Second Saudi State was Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Ramhan ibn Saud, who lost the title when his father lost his state to the House of Rashid in the 19th century. His father abdicated the pretended throne to him in 1900, and began his famous wars of conquest of what would become the third Saudi state. When had taken enough land to become recognized as a genuine Emir, he designated his eldest son Turki as his heir. When Turki died during the flu pandemic of 1919, his only child was still in utero, and Abdulaziz designated his second son Saud to be heir and that further succession would be brother to brother. When the Unification of Saudi Arabia was complete in 1932, Abdulaziz had himself declared king, and a year later Saud was declared Crown Prince. When the old king died in 1953, Saud became king and his brother Faisal, as planned was declared Crown Prince. Then things became somewhat complicated. The King and his heir began feuding over whether or not King Saud was competent or not. Feisal took the title "Prime Minister" for a while, and on occasion took over the government against the king's wishes. Saud fought back, and things came to a head in 1964, when Feisal deposed his brother and became king. The next in Line, Prince Mohammed, was deemed unsuitable, and was ''de jure'' Crown Prince for a short time before he was deposed in favor of Prince Khalid in 1965. With Khalid not all that interested in being king, his crown prince, Fahd, took the reins of power as de facto ruler of the country. When King Fahd had a stroke in 1995, Crown Prince Abdullah became the formal Regent for the balance of the reign. As the nation became a geritocracy in the 2000s and early '10s, three Crown Princes died of old age in rapid succession. In the meantime, more and more princes were passed over. In January 2015, Ibn Saud's last son, Muqrin, became Crown Prince, only to be ousted three months later in favor of his nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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