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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. Salman's major initiatives as king include the Saudi intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, Saudi Vision 2030, and a 2017
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 ...
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 ...
Upon the death of King Abdullah on 23 January 2015, Salman ascended to the throne and Muqrin became crown prince. [1] 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 ...
Abdulaziz bin Badah Al-Fagham Al-Mutairi (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن بداح الفغم المطيري; 20 July 1971 – 28 September 2019) was the personal bodyguard of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, as well as the bodyguard of the late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. He was also the Commander of the Saudi Royal Guard's Special Guard Force.
King Salman underwent surgery in 2020 to remove his gallbladder. He has been King of Saudi Arabia since the death of King Abdullah in 2015. In 2017, he removed Mohammed bin Nayef as crown prince ...
The kings since Ibn Saud's death have all been his sons, and all likely immediate successors to the reigning King Salman will be from among his progeny. [7] This makes the Saudi monarchy quite distinct from Western monarchies, which usually feature large, clearly defined royal families and orders of succession, and use the primogeniture system ...
The use of the death penalty under the rule of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his father, King Salman, has almost doubled annually since they rose to power, according to a new report ...