Saudi King appoints HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman as Prime Minister
Jeddah, Sept. 27 (BNA): The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued today three royal orders as follows:
First:
1- His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince, shall be the Prime Minister; as an exception to the provision of Article (56) of the Basic Law of Governance, and the relevant provisions contained in the Law of the Cabinet.
2- The Cabinet sessions that I attend shall be chaired by me.
Second: Reforming the Cabinet as follows:
1- His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince, as the Prime Minister.
2- Prince Dr. Mansour bin Miteb bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as the Minister of State.
3- Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as the Minister of Energy.
4- Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as the Minister of State.
5- Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as the Minister of Sport.
6- Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as the Minister of Interior.
7- Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as the Minister of the National Guard.
8- Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as the Minister of Defense.
9- Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
10- Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al Saud, as the Minister of Culture.
11- Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, as the Minister of State.
12- Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Al-Sheikh, as the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance.
13- Dr. Walid bin Mohammed Al-Samaani, as the Minister of Justice.
14- Dr. Mutlab bin Abdullah Al-Nafisah, as the Minister of State.
15- Dr. Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, as the Minister of State.
16- Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, as the Minister of State.
17- Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan bin Mohammed Al-Rabiah, as the Minister of Hajj and Umrah.
18- Dr. Essam bin Saad bin Saeed, as the Minister of State for Shura Council Affairs.
19- Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, as the Minister of Commerce and Acting Minister of Media.
20- Mohammed bin Abdulmalik Al Al-Sheikh, as the Minister of State.
21- Eng. Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhli, as the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture.
22- Khalid bin Abdulrahman Al-Issa, as the Minister of State.
23- Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
24- Majed bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Hogail, as the Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing.
25- Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Jadaan, as the Minister of Finance.
26- Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha, as the Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
27- Eng. Ahmed bin Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi, as the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development.
28- Dr. Hamad bin Mohammed bin Hamad Al Al-Sheikh, as the Minister of State.
29- Bandar bin Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Khorayef, as the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources.
30- Eng. Saleh bin Nasser bin Al-Ali Al-Jasser, as the Minister of Transport and Logistics Services.
31- Ahmed bin Aqeel Al-Khateeb, as the Minister of Tourism.
32- Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, as the Minister of Investment.
33- Faisal bin Fadhel bin Mohsen Al-Ibrahim, as the Minister of Economy and Planning.
34- Fahd bin Abdulrahman bin Dahes Al-Jalajel, as the Minister of Health.
35- Yousef bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Benyan, as the Minister of Education.
Third: Appointing Talal bin Abdullah bin Turki Al-Otaibi as Assistant Minister of Defense at the excellent rank, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
