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BREAKING NEWS: State upheaval in Saudi Arabia

SAUDI KING SALMAN RELIEVES CROWN PRINCE MUQRIN FROM HIS DUTIES AS CROWN PRINCE AND FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER — STATE TV

It will be interesting if  the young and ambitious defense minister, Mohammad bin Salman, is being fast tracked.  The thirty-five year old organized the Sunni coalition that bombed Yemen and has now massed coalition troops on the Yemeni border.

Mohammad bin Salman
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Minister of Defense
In office 23 January 2015 – present
Predecessor Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Monarch King Salman
Secretary General of the Royal Court
In office 23 January 2015 – present
Predecessor Khaled al-Tuwaijri
Monarch King Salman
Head of the Crown Prince Court
In office 14 January 2013 – 23 January 2015
Predecessor Ali bin Ibrahim Al Hadeethi
Monarch King Abdullah
Spouse Sara bint Mashoor bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Full name
Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
House House of Saud
Father Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Mother Fahda bint Falah bin Sultan Al Hithalayn
Born 1985 (age 29–30)
Religion Islam

Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (Arabic: محمد بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود‎) (born 1980) is Saudi Minister of Defense and the youngest minister of defense in the world.[1] He is also chief of the royal court, and a member of the House of Saud.