Saudi king names crown prince as prime minister
RIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has been named prime minister, a post traditionally held by the king, in a government shuffle announced on Tuesday.
Prince Mohammed, who turned 37 last month, has been first in line to succeed his father as king since 2017. King Salman has been hospitalised twice this year, most recently a one-week stay in May that involved tests including a colonoscopy, according to state media.Prince Mohammed became defence minister in 2015, a key step in a swift consolidation of power.
He gained global notoriety for the 2018 killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. This scenario is different, “formalising a de facto situation”, said Ali Shihabi, a Saudi analyst close to the government.
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