Saudi Arabia reshuffles cabinet: Crown Prince becomes PM
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become prime minister of the kingdom, a Saudi royal decree announced on Tuesday. Saudi King Salman ordered the cabinet reshuffle along with King Khalid bin Salman’s son, the former deputy defense minister, as the new defense minister.
Meanwhile, Talal bin Abdullah bin Turki Al-Otaibi was appointed deputy defense minister. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman remained Saudi Arabia’s energy minister under a new cabinet headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaanand and Investment Minister Khalid al-Falih retained their posts in the new cabinet.
Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz as Minister of the National Guard, Walid al-Samaani as Minister of Justice, Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh as Minister of Islamic Affairs, Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan as Minister also retain their ministerial titles of Culture, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Faisal as Minister of Sports, Tawfiq bin Fawzan al-Rabiah as Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi as Minister of Commerce.
Saudi Arabia reshuffles cabinet: Crown Prince becomes PM
Additionally, Bandar bin Ibrahim al-Khorayef as Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Ahmed al-Khateeb as Minister of Tourism, Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim as Minister of Economy and Planning and Fahd bin Abdulrahman al-Jalajel as Minister of Health
