Riyadh: The newly appointed Saudi Arabia’s defense minister and education minister took the oath before Custodian of the two holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Salam Palace on Tuesday evening.
Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, defense minister, and Yousef Bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan, education minister honored to take the oath before the Custodian of the two holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and in the presence of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Prime Minister.
Prince Khalid and Al-Bunyan said in their oath: “I swear by Almighty Allah, to be faithful to my religion, and then to our King and homeland, not to divulge any secrets of the State, and to protect its interests and regulations, and to perform my duties with utmost honesty, integrity and sincerity.”
It is noteworthy that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques issued a royal order appointing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as prime minister, within the framework of restructuring the council.
Who is the new Saudi education minister?
The new Saudi education minister, Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan, put his name on the list of the most powerful CEOs in the Middle East for the year 2021, as he was serving as vice chairman and CEO of SABIC.
Al-Bunyan holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University, which he obtained in 1987, while he obtained a master’s degree in industrial management in 1996.
Since then, Al-Bunyan has worked in several positions affiliated with SABIC and its various subsidiaries, as he held the position of general manager of textile intermediaries at the head office of SABIC in Riyadh, then general manager of the American SABIC company in Houston, USA for two consecutive years, and then general manager of SABIC Asia Pacific Company.
For three years, then he held the position of executive vice president of chemicals, and the position of CEO of human resources at SABIC, after which he worked as executive vice president for financial affairs.
From 2015 until the issuance of the royal order appointing him as Minister of Education, he has served as the vice chairman and CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC).
Who is the new Saudi defense minister?
On Tuesday, September 28, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed as the defense minister.
Prince Khalid bin Salman received his bachelor’s degree in aviation sciences from King Faisal Air College, and continued his education in the United States. To obtain a degree from Harvard University, he also studied advanced electronic warfare in Paris.
He began working on his graduate studies at Georgetown university to obtain a master of arts degree in security studies, but his studies were suspended due to various practical assignments, prior to his appointment as ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States.
After graduating from King Faisal Air College, Prince Khaled joined the Royal Saudi Air Force, and from here began his career in flying Texan-6 and T-38 aircraft at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi.
Prince Khalid bin Salman then began a flight program on the F-15S, and in addition to his profession, a tactical intelligence officer was appointed as a pilot for the F-15S in the ninety-second squadron of the third wing at King Abdulaziz Base in Dhahran.
Prince Khalid trained as a fighter pilot for nearly 1,000 flying hours, and conducted air missions against ISIS as part of the international coalition, as well as a mission in the airspace of Yemen as part of operation decisive storm and operation restore hope.
With regard to his service in the Saudi Air Force, Prince Khalid was greatly honored, including being awarded the medal of the southern shield; the battle medal; the medal of mastery; and the medal of Saif Abdullah.
Prince Khalid trained extensively with the US military in both the United States and Saudi Arabia, including at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, and a back injury forced him to stop flying, so he worked as an officer in the Secretary of Defense’s office.
Prince Khalid was appointed to the defense minister’s office after his aviation duties ended, and later became a senior civilian advisor in the Saudi defense ministry upon the end of his military service.
In late 2016, the prince moved to the United States and worked as an advisor at the embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States.
Prince Khalid was ambassador to the United States from April 22, 2017 to February 23, 2019; he became the tenth Saudi ambassador to the United States since 1945.
On February 23, 2019, a royal order was issued appointing him as deputy defense minister.
