Prince Salman named as Crown Prince Saudi Arabia

Prince Salman named as Crown Prince Saudi Arabia

Riyadh: (Monday, June 18, 2012) Saudi King Abdullah has named his half-brother Prince Salman as heir to the throne following the death of crown prince Nayef.

While conferring the title, the monarch appointed Salman as “crown prince and deputy prime minister.” Besides these portfolios Salman will also retain his position as defence minister.

Meanwhile, Prince Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz has been appointed as new minister for interior.

Salman, 76, was appointed as the minister for defence last year in October following the death of Sultan, the then crown prince and long-serving defence and aviation minister, while Nayef was named heir to the throne.

For Salman, who had been governor of Riyadh since 1962, this was the first ministerial post of his career.

Nayef died of cardiac problems on this Saturday, according to the medical sources in Geneva.

Known as kingdom’s security czar, who was a driving force behind the iron-fisted crackdown on Al-Qaeda following a wave of attacks between 2003 and 2006, had frequently travelled abroad for medical treatment.

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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen on Jun 18 2012. Filed under Pakistan, World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry