The Prince is Dead, King Must Decide Successor

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was hit by grief. Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Pangerang died Saturday morning (22/10) morning Indonesian time.

Prince Sultan died at the age of 85 years. He is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister.

Prince Sultan died while visiting the United States to conduct a series of medical tests. Earlier, Prince Sultan underwent surgery in New York in 2009 but never published.

Prince Sultan is the younger brother of the King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. He often received the mandate to govern the Arab Aaudi during his brother underwent spinal surgery in the United States.

Meanwhile, in Riyadh, Prince Sultan developing replacement information is Prince Nayef who now serves as Minister of the Interior. De facto, Prince Nayef is now leading the government of Saudi Arabia before there was a special mandate from King Abdullah.

However, the source of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would not comment related to leadership succession of the kingdom. Royal Family still seems to be in an atmosphere of grief and focus on the repatriation of the bodies Prince Sultan is still in the U.S..

So far, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is preparing a funeral procession for the late crown prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz.

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