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He was the deputy governor of Riyadh and later the governor of Riyadh for 48 years from 1963 to 2011. He was then appointed minister of defense. He was named crown prince in 2012. Salman became king in 2015 upon the death of his half-brother, King Abdullah. Since January 2024, he is the oldest surviving son of King Abdulaziz.
Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: فيصل بن بندر بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (born 1945) is a Saudi royal, a grandson of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz, who has served as the governor of Riyadh since 2015.
It was renamed as King Salman Neighborhood by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in May 2023 when it was conjoined with al-Wahah neighborhood to honor the legacy of King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his efforts to modernize Riyadh during his period in office as the governor of Riyadh Province between 1963 and 2011.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud has a lung inflammation and is receiving treatment, Saudi news agency SPA said, prompting the country’s Crown Prince to postpone a scheduled ...
King Salman took the throne in 2015. He has since elevated his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , to be the kingdom’s monarch-in-waiting. The crown prince is widely believed to be running ...
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia's King Salman chaired a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, state media said, the first time the monarch was reported to have carried out official duties since receiving ...
Salman of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia since 2015 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( Arabic : سلمان بن عبد العزیز آل سعود , romanized : Salmān bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Su‘ūd ; born 31 December 1935) is King of Saudi Arabia , reigning since 2015, and was also Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2022.
Prince Faisal was born in Riyadh on 25 December 1970. [2] He is the fifth son of Salman bin Abdulaziz, the King of Saudi Arabia. [3] His mother is Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi, who died in July 2011. [4] She was a daughter of King Salman's uncle, Turki bin Ahmed Al Sudairi, [5] who was formerly the governor of Asir Province. [6]