- Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom’s prime minister and his second son Prince Khalid as defense 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 crown prince, known as MbS, is promoted from defense minister and has been the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter and a major U.S. ally in the Middle East.
