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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.
Then in 1962, as prime minister and heir apparent, Prince Faisal appointed Prince Fahd as interior minister, Prince Sultan as defense minister, and Prince Salman as governor of Riyadh. All were key posts. Following his accession to the throne after King Saud's deposition in 1964, King Faisal continued to favor the Sudairi Seven as his allies. [6]
Along with the adjacent al-Wahah neighborhood, the district ceased to exist in May 2023 when both of them where conjoined to form the King Salman Neighborhood. [5] [6] [7] Covering an area of almost 875 acres, [8] it hosted the main office of the Ministry of Education and the premises of Riyadh College of Technology as well as Prince Sultan ...
Mohammed bin Salman was born on 31 August 1985 [10] [11] [12] to Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz (later King of Saudi Arabia) and his third wife, [13] Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain. He is the eldest of his mother's six children and the eighth child and seventh son of his father. [ 13 ]
On 14 February 2013, Prince Khalid was appointed governor of the Riyadh province, succeeding Prince Sattam. [6] [7] His deputy was Prince Turki bin Abdullah, who was appointed on the same day. [15] On 14 May 2014, Prince Khalid was appointed deputy defense minister succeeding Salman bin Sultan [16] and Turki bin Abdullah was made the governor ...
Sattam bin Abdulaziz was the former deputy governor of Riyadh from 1979 [2] to 2011. [10] Prince Mohammad bin Saad succeeded him in the post. [11] On 5 November 2011, Prince Sattam was appointed governor of Riyadh Province. [12] He was the 12th governor of Riyadh replacing Prince Salman in the post who was appointed defense minister. [1]
Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Melania Trump, Riyadh, 20 May 2017. King Salman ended the brother-to-brother succession and appointed his 56-year-old nephew Muhammad bin Nayef as crown prince in April 2015, thus making the next succession from ...
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.