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 | ||||
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| 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.