Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued on Tuesday a Royal Decree naming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as prime minister.
Cabinet sessions attended by King Salman will continue to be chaired by him.
King Salman also decreed a reshuffle of the cabinet.
Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was named Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was named Minister of Sport and Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was named Minister of Interior.
Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was named Minister of the National Guard, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was named Minister of Defense, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud was named Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al Saud, was named Minister of Culture.
Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Al-Sheikh was named Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, and Dr. Essam bin Saad bin Saeed was named Minister of State for Shura Council Affairs.
Walid bin Mohammed Al-Samaani was named Minister of Justice and Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan bin Mohammed Al-Rabiah was named Minister of Hajj and Umrah.
Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, as the Minister of Commerce and Acting Minister of Media.
Eng. Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhli was named Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, and Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir was named Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Majed bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Hogail was named Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing, Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Jadaan was named Minister of Finance, and Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha was named Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
Eng. Ahmed bin Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi was named Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Bandar bin Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Khorayef was named Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, and Eng. Saleh bin Nasser bin Al-Ali Al-Jasser was named Minister of Transport and Logistics Services.
Ahmed bin Aqeel Al-Khateeb was named Minister of Tourism, Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih was named Minister of Investment, Faisal bin Fadhel bin Mohsen Al-Ibrahim was named Minister of Economy and Planning, Fahd bin Abdulrahman bin Dahes Al-Jalajel was named Minister of Health and Yousef bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Benyan was named Minister of Education.
Prince Dr. Mansour bin Miteb bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Dr. Mutlab bin Abdullah Al-Nafisah, Dr. Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Mohammed bin Abdulmalik Al Al-Sheikh, Khalid bin Abdulrahman Al-Issa, and Dr. Hamad bin Mohammed bin Hamad Al Al-Sheikh were named Ministers of State.
