Khalid bin Salman Al Saud | |||||
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خالد بن سلمان آل سعود | |||||
![]() Prince Khalid in 2021 | |||||
Minister of Defense | |||||
Assumed office 27 September 2022 | |||||
Monarch | Salman | ||||
Prime Minister | Mohammed bin Salman | ||||
Preceded by | Mohammed bin Salman | ||||
Deputy Minister of Defense | |||||
In office 23 February 2019 – 27 September 2022 | |||||
Monarch | Salman | ||||
Minister | Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud | ||||
Preceded by | Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud | ||||
Saudi Ambassador to the United States | |||||
In office 23 April 2017 – 23 February 2019 | |||||
Monarch | Salman | ||||
Preceded by | Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud | ||||
Succeeded by | Reema bint Bandar Al Saud | ||||
Personal details | |||||
Born | 1988 (age 35–36) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||||
Spouse | Noura bint Mohammed bin Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | ||||
Children | Prince Abdulaziz Princess Dana | ||||
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Parent(s) | King Salman bin Abdulaziz Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain | ||||
Relatives | Mohammed bin Salman (brother) | ||||
Alma mater | King Faisal Air Academy | ||||
Military service | |||||
Branch/service | ![]() | ||||
Years of service | until 2016 | ||||
Unit | ![]() | ||||
Battles/wars | War against the Islamic State Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen | ||||
Khalid bin Salman Al Saud (Arabic: خالد بن سلمان آل سعود Khālid bin Salmān Āl Suʿūd; born 1988) is a Saudi Arabian diplomat, and politician who serves as the Saudi Arabian minister of defense. He was appointed defense minister on 27 September 2022.[1] He is the tenth child and ninth son of King Salman and a younger brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.