Royal Reshuffle: Here are 11 Other Royal Decrees Issued by Saudi Arabia King (Full List)

Saudi King Salman ousted his nephew as crown prince on Wednesday and installed his son, Mohammed bin Salman. Here are other royal decrees made by the influential king.

King Salman

 

We had reported earlier on Wednesday that in a royal decree, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman appointed his son, Mohammed bin Salman, as heir to the throne of the home of Islam’s holiest sites.

The former Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Nayef, a 57-year-old nephew of the king, was removed as next-in-line to the throne, and was replaced with 31-year-old Mohammed bin Salman, who was previously the deputy crown prince.

The new crown prince

Here are other decrees issued on Wednesday by the Saudi king as sourced from Al Jazeera.

1. Amending Article V from the Kingdom’s statute of ruling, which stipulates that only the sons and grandsons of the founding King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Faisal Al Saud can be Saudi kings and crown princes.

2. Appointing Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as the Minister of Interior.

3. Relieving Abdulrahman bin Ali Al-Rubaiaan from his role as Deputy Minister of Interior and appointing him as a consultant in the Royal Court.

4. Appointing Dr Ahmed bin Mohammad Al-Salem as Deputy Minister of Interior.

5. Relieving Dr Nasser bin Abdulazizi Al-Daoud from his role as consultant in the Royal Court, and naming him undersecretary to the Ministry of Interior.

6. Appointing Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as the Kingdom’s ambassador to Germany.

7. Appointing Prince Faisal bin Sattam bin Abdulazizi Al Saud as the Kingdom’s Ambassador to Italy.

8. Appointing Prince Bandar bin Khalid bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Turki bin Mohammad bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Abdullah bin Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Faisal bin Abdulazizi bin Abdullah Al-Sudairi as consultants in the Royal Court.

9. Appointing Prince Bandar bin Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as assistant to the president of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID).

10. Appointing Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as vice chairman of the General Sports Authority.

11. Appointing Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahad bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saudi as deputy governor of Al-Jouf Region