Salman of Saudi Arabia

Salman سَلْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ آلُ سَعُودٍ
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
King Salman in 2020
King of Saudi Arabia
Reign	23 January 2015 – present
Bay'ah	23 January 2015
Predecessor	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Crown Princes	Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (2015) Muhammad bin Nayef (2015–17) Mohammed bin Salman (2017–present)
Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
Tenure	23 January 2015 – 27 September 2022
Predecessor	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Successor	Mohammed bin Salman
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Deputy Prime Minister
Tenure	16 June 2012 – 23 January 2015
Predecessor	Nayef bin Abdulaziz
Successor	Muqrin bin Abdulaziz
King and Prime Minister	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Minister of Defense
In office 5 November 2011 – 23 January 2015
Prime Minister	King Abdullah
Preceded by	Sultan bin Abdulaziz
Succeeded by	Mohammed bin Salman
Governor of Riyadh Province
In office 5 February 1963 – 5 November 2011
Appointed by	King Saud
Preceded by	Badr bin Saud
Succeeded by	Sattam bin Abdulaziz
In office 18 April 1956 – 22 September 1960
Appointed by	King Saud
Preceded by	Nayef bin Abdulaziz
Succeeded by	Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz
Deputy Governor of Riyadh Province
In office 16 March 1954 – 18 April 1955
Appointed by	King Saud
Preceded by	Nayef bin Abdulaziz
Succeeded by	Turki II bin Abdulaziz
Born	(1935-12-31) 31 December 1935 (age 88) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Spouse	Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi ​ ​ (m. 1954; died 2011)​ Sarah bint Faisal Al Subai'ai (divorced) Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain
Issue Detail	List Prince Fahd (deceased) Prince Sultan Prince Ahmed (deceased) Prince Abdulaziz Prince Faisal Princess Hassa Prince Saud Prince Mohammed Prince Turki Prince Khalid Prince Nayif Prince Bandar Prince Rakan
Full name Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman
House	Saud
Father	King Abdulaziz
Mother	Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
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Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ^[1] (Arabic: سَلْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ آلُ سَعُودٍ) (born 31 December 1935) is the King of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques since 2015. He had been Minister of Defence since 2011, and was Governor of Riyadh Province from 1963 to 2011.

Salman became king on 23 January 2015 following the death of his half brother, King Abdullah.^[2][3] As a Sudairi Seven, his full brothers include king Fahd, and the crown princes Sultan and Nayef.

1. ↑ Arabic: سَلْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ آلُ سَعُودٍ, Salmān bin ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Āl Saʻūd, Najdi Arabic pronunciation: [sælˈmæːn ben ˈʢæbd ælʢæˈziːz ʔæːl sæˈʢuːd]
2. ↑ Martin, Douglas; Hubbard, Ben. "King Abdullah, Who Nudged Saudi Arabia Forward, Dies at 90". New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
3. ↑ "Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies". BBC News Middle East. Retrieved 23 January 2015.