Mohammed bin Salman
Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (Arabic: محمد بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 31 August 1985) is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, First Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia[1] and the youngest minister of defense in the world.[2] In September 2022, he was named Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.[3]
| Mohammed bin Salman | |||||
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.jpg) Mohammed bin Salman in 2019 | |||||
| Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia | |||||
| Tenure | 21 June 2017 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Muhammad bin Nayef | ||||
| Monarch | Salman bin Abdulaziz | ||||
| Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia | |||||
| Tenure | 27 September 2022 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Salman bin Abdulaziz | ||||
| Monarch | Salman bin Abdulaziz | ||||
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia | |||||
| Tenure | 21 June 2017 – 27 September 2022 | ||||
| Predecessor | Muhammad bin Nayef | ||||
| Successor | Vacant | ||||
| Monarch | Salman bin Abdulaziz | ||||
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| Tenure | 29 April 2015 – 21 June 2017 | ||||
| Predecessor | Muhammad bin Nayef | ||||
| Successor | Vacant | ||||
| Monarch | Salman bin Abdulaziz | ||||
| Minister of Defense | |||||
| Tenure | 23 January 2015 – 27 September 2022 | ||||
| Predecessor | Salman bin Abdulaziz | ||||
| Successor | Khalid bin Salman | ||||
| Prime Minister | Salman bin Abdulaziz | ||||
| Born | 31 August 1985 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Spouse | Sara bint Mashour Al Saud (m. 2008) | ||||
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| House | Saud | ||||
| Father | Salman of Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Mother | Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain | ||||
Mohammad is also chief of the House of Saud royal court, and chairman of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs. He has been described as the power behind the throne of his father, King Salman.[4]
Mohammad was appointed Crown Prince in June 2017 following the decision it came from Muhammad bin Nayef to remove himself from all positions, making Mohammad heir apparent to the throne.[5][6][7]
In October 2018, Mohammad received global outcry for being accused of having a role in the killing of The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi but the one who's responsible for killing Jamal Khashoggi he is in jail .[8][9]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Mohammad bin Salman named new Saudi Crown Prince". TASS. Beirut. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ↑ "Mohammed bin Nayef kingpin in new Saudi Arabia: country experts". Middle East Eye. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ El Yaakoubi, Aziz (September 27, 2022). "Saudi king names crown prince MbS as prime minister". Reuters. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Transcript: Interview with Muhammad bin Salman The Economist, 6 January 2016.
- ↑ CNN, Nicole Chavez, Tamara Qiblawi and James Griffiths. "Saudi Arabia's king replaces nephew with son as heir to throne". CNN.
- ↑ Raghavan, Sudarsan; Fahim, Kareem (21 June 2017). "Saudi king names son as new crown prince, upending the royal succession line". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ "Saudi royal decrees announcing Prince Mohammed BinSalman as the new crown prince". The National. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Media. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ Hearst, David (21 June 2017). "Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's Prince Of Chaos". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ↑ Eye, Middle East (22 June 2017). "Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's prince of chaos". Medium. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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