Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s King and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Tuesday issued a royal decree to appoint Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the prime minister of the country.
According to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), King Salman issued a royal order that Mohammed bin Salman be the crown prince and prime minister; as an exception to the provision of Article (56) of the Basic Law of Governance.
While the royal order included the appointment of Prince Khalid bin Salman as Minister of Defense.
In another royal decree, the King restructured the Council of Ministers, headed by the Crown Prince.
King Salman bin Abdulaziz ordered the reformation of the Council of Ministers, on the relevant royal orders, and based on the requirements of the public interest.
This is as follows
- Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, as Prime Minister.
- Prince Mansour bin Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of State.
- Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as Minister of Energy.
- Prince Turki bin Mohmmad bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of State.
- Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Sports.
- Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as Minister of Interior.
- Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as Minister of the National Guard.
- Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Defense.
- Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Culture.
- Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz bin Mohammad bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, Minister of State.
- Dr Abdul Latif bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Al-Sheikh, Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance.
- Dr Walid bin Mohammad Al-Samaani as Minister of Justice.
- Dr Muttalib bin Abdullah Al-Nafisah, Minister of State.
- Dr Musaed bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, Minister of State.
- Dr Ibr Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Minister of State.
- Dr Tawfiq bin Fawzan bin Mohammad Al-Rabiah, Minister of Haj and Umrah.
- Dr Issam bin Saad bin Saeed, Minister of State for Shura Council Affairs.
- Dr Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, Minister of Commerce and Minister in charge of Information.
- Mohammad bin Abdul-Malik Al-Sheikh, Minister of State.
- Engineer Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadhli, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture.
- Khalid bin Abdulrahman Al-Issa, Minister of State.
- Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
- Majed bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Hogail, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing.
- Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Jadaan, Minister of Finance.
- Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
- Eng. Ahmed bin Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development.
- Dr Hamad bin Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sheikh, Minister of State.
- Bandar bin Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Khorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources.
- Engineer Saleh bin Nasser bin Al-Ali Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics Services.
- Ahmed bin Aqeel Al-Khatib, Minister of Tourism.
- Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Investment.
- Faisal bin Fadel bin Mohsen Al Ibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning.
- Fahd bin Abdul Rahman bin Dahes Al-Jalajil, Minister of Health.
- Yousef bin Abdullah bin Mohammad Al-Bunyan, Minister of Education.
Since Prince Mohammed bin Salman assumed his position as crown prince in 2017, he has led a series of legal, political, social, and economic changes in the kingdom.
These changes led to the social and economic openness of the Kingdom within a strategy that aims to transform it into a global economic and political center by 2030, as stipulated in the vision of the young crown prince.
