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Prince Mutaib was born in Riyadh in 1931. He is the seventeenth son of King Abdulaziz.
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Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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He is the full brother of Prince Mansour (1921 – 1951), Prince Mishaal and Princess Qumash who died on 26 September 2011. Their mother Shahida (died 1938), who reportedly was one of the King Abdulaziz's favorite wives. Mutaib bin Abdulaziz received primary and secondary education in Riyadh.
Then, he went to California for university education. Prince Muatib served as governor of Makkah province from 1958 to 1961. Interestingly, both resigned from their posts in 1971 for reasons that are not entirely clear.
Then, Mutaib bin Abdulaziz joined the Saudi cabinet at the end of 1975 and served as minister of public works and housing until1980. He is the first minister of public works and housing since it was first founded in this year. His appointment and Prince Majid's appointment as minister of municipal and rural affairs by King Khalid were a move to reduce the power of Sudairi Seven in the cabinet.
Later, Prince Mutaib served as minister of municipal and rural affairs from 1980 to 2009. Prince Mutaib is reported to have benefited from all land projects in Saudi Arabia. He had this right as a result of his claim that his father, King Abdulaziz, had promised him the entire rights of the Kingdom's fishery revenues.
Then, the National Fisheries Company was founded by the House of Saud and he became a partner of it. Prince Mutaib is shareholder of the real-estate company, Société Générale d'Entreprises Touristiques which is chaired by Walid Saab. He also has a beverage firm.
