Mutaib bin Abdullah Al Saud (, Mutaʿib bin ʿAbdullāh ʾĀl Suʿūd, alternative spelling Miteb; born 26 March 1952) is a Saudi prince and military officer who served as Saudi Arabia's minister of the National Guard from 2013 to 2017. Previously he was commander of the National Guard from 2010 to 2013. He was arrested on 4 November 2017 along with other Saudi princes including Prince Al Waleed. He was stripped of his position as minister on the same day. He was released on 28 November 2017 after agreeing an "acceptable settlement" with authorities of more than $1 billion (£750m). Early life and education Prince Mutaib was born on 26 March 1952. However, there is another report, giving his birth year as 1953 or 12 October 1953. Concerning birth place the reports also vary in that some argue that he was born in Riyadh, but another one claims that his birth place is al Ulya, a village in northern Saudi Arabia. His mother was Munira bint Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Otaishan who died in December 2020. Mutaib is one of 36 children and the third son of King Abdullah. Mutaib bin Abdullah and his older brother Khalid attended the Taif-Barmana School in Lebanon and secondary school in Jeddah. Later, he graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as a lieutenant in 1974. He received a master's degree at King Khalid Military College. Career Prince Mutaib served as head of the commission responsible for reviewing the curricula of military college built in 1982. One year later, in 1983, King Fahd promoted Mutaib bin Abdullah to the rank of Colonel, and he was also appointed commander of the King Khalid Military City. In 1990, Prince Mutaib began to serve as deputy head of the military under the chairmanship of the National Guard in addition to his post as the commander of the King Khalid military college and the National Guard military college. In 1995, he was promoted to the rank of the team captain. On 21 December 2000, Mutaib bin Abdullah was made deputy assistant chief of National Guard responsible for military affairs and was also promoted to the rank of general. In June 2009, King Abdullah appointed him as deputy commander of SANG responsible for executive affairs at the rank of minister. On 17 November 2010, Mutaib bin Abdullah became the commander of SANG, replacing King Abdullah. He conducted a major $3