Permanent historical factsheet

Regent

Saudi Arabia · Government / Government of Saudi Arabia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1996Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1996

Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz1996

Government / Government of Saudi Arabia

Governs Saudi Arabia as regent from 1996 to 2005. As Crown Prince, he had acted as de facto regent ruler of Saudi Arabia since January 1, 1996, when King Fahd was incapacitated by a major stroke

Names involved

Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz

Provenance

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