Saudi King appoints Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia

Gulf Today Report

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued three royal orders, on Tuesday, which included the appointment of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman as Prime Minister of the Kingdom, and the re-formation of the Council, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

The first royal order stipulated that “Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince, shall be the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers; as an exception to the provision of Article (56) of the Basic Law of Governance, and from the relevant provisions contained in the Council of Ministers system,” provided that King Salman presides over the Cabinet sessions he attends.

The foreign minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud, the finance minister Mohammed Al-Jadaanand and the investment minister Khalid Al-Falih kept their positions in the new cabinet.

The second royal order came to reconstitute the Council of Ministers as follows:

1- Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, as Prime Minister.

2- Prince Mansour Bin Miteb Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of State.

3- Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Energy.

4- Prince Turki Bin Muhammad Bin Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of State.

5- Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Bin Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Sports.

6- Prince Abdulaziz Bin Saud Bin Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as Minister of Interior.

7- Prince Abdullah Bin Bandar Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as Minister of the National Guard.

8- Prince Khalid Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Defense.

9- Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah Bin Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

10 - Prince Badr Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Culture.

11- Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, Minister of State.

12- Abdul Latif Bin Abdulaziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al Al-Sheikh, Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance.

13- Dr Waleed Bin Muhammad Al-Samaani as Minister of Justice.

14- Muttalib Bin Abdullah Al-Nafisah, Minister of State.

15- Dr. Musaed Bin Muhammad Al-Aiban, Minister of State.

16- Dr. Ibr Ibrahim Bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Minister of State.

17- Dr. Tawfiq Bin Fawzan Bin Muhammad Al-Rabiah, Minister of Hajj and Umrah.

18- Dr. Essam Bin Saad Bin Saeed, Minister of State for Shura Council Affairs.

19- Dr. Majid Bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi as Minister of Commerce and Minister in charge of Information.

20- Muhammad Bin Abdul-Malik Al-Sheikh, Minister of State.

21- Engineer Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadhli, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture.

22- Khalid Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Issa, Minister of State.

23- Adel Bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

24 - Majed Bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Hogail, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing.

25- Mohammed Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Jadaan, Minister of Finance.

26- Eng. Abdullah Bin Amer Al-Sawaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology.

27- Eng. Ahmed Bin Suleiman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development.

28- Dr. Hamad Bin Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sheikh, Minister of State.

29- Mr. Bandar Bin Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Khorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources.

30- Eng. Saleh Bin Nasser bin Al-Ali Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics Services.

31- Mr. Ahmed Bin Aqeel Al-Khatib, Minister of Tourism.

32- Eng. Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Investment.

33- Faisal bin Fadel bin Mohsen Al-Ibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning.

34- Fahd bin Abdul Rahman bin Dahes Al-Jalajil, Minister of Health.

35- Yousef Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al-Bunyan, Minister of Education.

The third was as follows:

Talal Bin Abdullah Bin Turki Al-Otaibi is appointed as Assistant Minister of Defense at the excellent rank.