Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom’s prime minister and promoted his second son Prince Khalid as defense minister, according to a royal decree on Tuesday.
The reshuffle kept another son, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, as energy minister.
King Salman also named Yousef Bin Abdullah Al-Benyan as the minister of education. Al-Benyan held the position of vice chairman and CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) since 2015, until the issuance of the Royal Order appointing him as the Education Minister.
Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan and Investment Minister Khalid al-Falih remain in their positions, the decree showed.
