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Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( Arabic: عبد الله بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd, Najdi Arabic pronunciation: [ʢæbˈdɑɫ.ɫɐ ben ˈʢæbdæl ʢæˈziːz ʔæːl sæˈʢuːd]; 1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 1 August 2005 until his death in 2015.
- 1 August 2005 – 23 January 2015
- Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim
Apr 26, 2024 · Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (born c. 1923 —died January 23, 2015, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) was the king of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015. As crown prince (1982–2005), he had served as the country’s de facto ruler following the 1995 stroke of his half-brother King Fahd (reigned 1982–2005).
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Jan 22, 2015 · Jan. 22, 2015. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who came to the throne in old age and earned a reputation as a cautious reformer even as the Arab Spring revolts toppled heads of state and...
Jun 17, 2019 · Known For: King Abdullah was the king of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015. Also Known As: Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Born: August 1, 1924 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Parents: King Abdulaziz and Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim. Died: January 23, 2015 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Spouse (s): 30+. Children: 35+. Early Life.
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Jan 23, 2015 · By LEE KEATH and ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI. Updated 5:24 AM PDT, January 23, 2015. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — His changes looked minute to the outside world. But in a kingdom where ultra-conservative Muslim clerics long have held a lock on all aspects of society, King Abdullah’s incremental reforms echoed mightily.
Jan 22, 2015 · Obituary. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia obituary. Monarch whose reign saw the spread of division, corruption and strife, and was saved only by ‘black gold’. Madawi al-Rasheed. Thu 22 Jan...
Jan 23, 2015 · Islamism. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, who died January 23, began his 10-year reign as a reformer. But the crackdown on activists after the Arab Spring slowed the reform process, according to a new publication by David Ottaway, a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
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