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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.
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 ...
King of Saudi Arabia r. 1932–1953: Saud 1902–1969 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1953–1964: Faisal 1906–1975 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1964–1975: Khalid 1913–1982 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1975–1982: Fahd 1920, 1921, or 1923–2005 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1982–2005: Abdullah 1924–2015 King of Saudi Arabia r. 2005–2015: Salman b. 1935 ...
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]
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a royal decree that allows the cabinet to convene in the absence of both himself and the prime minister, his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...
It was renamed as King Salman Neighborhood by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in May 2023 when it was conjoined with Salah al-Din neighborhood to honor the legacy of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia since 2015 and his efforts to modernize Riyadh during his period in office as the governor of Riyadh Province between ...
In May 2023, al-Wahah and Salah al-Din neighborhoods were renamed as King Salman Neighborhood by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman 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 1955 and 1960 and then from 1963 to 2011. [5] [6] [7]
King Salman, the custodian of Islam's holiest sites, became ruler of the world's top oil exporter in 2015 after spending more than 2-1/2 years as the crown prince and deputy premier.