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Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud was named as deputy crown prince by his father, thus effectively putting the future of the throne in the Sudairi Seven clan's firm grip. [31] On 21 June 2017 Mohammad bin Salman was made crown prince, and Mohammed bin Nayef was removed from his posts and stripped of his titles. [32]
However, in June 2017, Salman elevated Mohammad bin Salman to crown prince, following his decision to strip Muhammad bin Nayef of all positions, making his son heir apparent to the throne, and making the next succession from father to son, for the first time since 1953, when Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud succeeded his father, the founder of Saudi ...
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 ]
At the same time, Muhammad bin Nayef, the Interior Minister and a supporter of Salman's, was appointed deputy crown prince, an act that was ratified by the Allegiance Council after the fact. Muhammad bin Nayef was the first grandson of Ibn Saud to enter the official line of succession. [citation needed]
He is a grandson of the founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz, the tenth child and ninth son of King Salman, and a younger brother of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. According to a leaked CIA assessment, Prince Khalid was involved in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi , instructing Khashoggi to go to the Saudi consulate ...
Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who later served as a crown prince for King Salman, was a trusted confidant of the U.S. in the battle against al-Qaida militants in the kingdom after the Sept. 11, 2001 ...
King Salman then removed Muhammad bin Nayef from the line of succession to the Saudi throne on 21 June 2017 and designated his son Mohammed bin Salman as the new crown prince. [47] At the same time, King Salman removed Muhammad bin Nayef from his other positions in the Saudi government. [ 48 ]
Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s 2030 growth plan bears fruit as Hyundai inks deal to join Lucid as next carmaker in the Gulf. Christiaan Hetzner. October 23, 2023 at 8:39 AM.