Saudi Arabian King Salman has named his son and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the new prime minister of the kingdom.
Saudi issued a royal decree on Tuesday. King Salman ordered the cabinet reshuffle. His second son Khalid bin Salman, the former deputy defence minister, has been named as the new defence minister.
The cabinet reshuffle also saw the appointment of Yousef bin Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Bunyan as minister for education, state news agency SPA reported citing a royal decree.
The ministers keeping their positions unchanged are Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as minister for energy, Prince Faisal bin Farhan as minister for foreign affairs, Khalid bin Abdulaziz al-Falih as minister for investment, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz as minister for interior, Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Jadaan as minister for finance.
Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz has been appointed as minister for the national guard, Walid al-Samaani has been named as minister of justice, Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh as minister for Islamic affairs, Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan as minister for culture, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Faisal as minister for sports, Tawfiq bin Fawzan al-Rabiah as minister for Hajj and Umrah, Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi as minister for commerce.
Bandar bin Ibrahim al-Khorayef as minister for industry and mineral resources, Ahmed al-Khateeb as minister for tourism, Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim as minister for economy and planning, and Fahd bin Abdulrahman al-Jalajel as minister for health.