
Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, P rime minister The King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, appointed his son and crown prince, Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, as prime minister as part of the government reform carried out in the Saudi kingdom. King Salman will continue to chair the Cabinet meetings he attends, although power continues to be exercised by his son in the face of the advanced age of the monarch, 86 years old. Power is thus fully concentrated in the figure of the crown prince, Mohamed bin Salman. On the other hand, Prince Khalid bin Salman rises in the ranks and goes from being deputy minister to defense minister within the reorganization of the cabinet carried out by Royal Decree of the Saudi monarch. The new defense minister graduated from the King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force. Prince received his initial pilot training at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, ...