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A royal order appointing Faisal bin Salman as advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Salman bin Sultan as Emir of Medina

12 Dec 2023

On Tuesday, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued a number of royal orders, including the appointment of Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz as Special Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques with the rank of minister, and Prince Salman bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz as Emir of the Medina region with the rank of minister.

The orders stated the appointment of Prince Faisal bin Salman as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the “King Abdulaziz House,” based on what was presented by Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, provided that the necessary legal procedures to form the Board of Directors of the House are completed in accordance with what was stipulated. Organizing the administration, as well as relieving Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Emir of the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region, from his position, appointing Prince Saud bin Mishaal bin Abdulaziz as his successor with the excellent rank, and relieving Prince Ahmed bin Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Emir of the Eastern Region, from his position. Prince Saud bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz was appointed as his successor with the excellent rank, and Prince Khalid bin Saud bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz was appointed as Deputy Emir of the Tabuk region with the excellent rank, and Prince Khalid bin Sattam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz was appointed as Deputy Emir of the Asir region with the excellent rank, and Prince Miteb bin Mishal bin Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, deputy governor of the Al-Jawf region, with excellent rank, relieving Prince Mansour bin Muhammad bin Saad II Al Abdul Rahman, governor of Hafar Al-Batin, from his position, and appointing Prince Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki bin Farhan as his successor in the rank. Excellent.

The orders also included the appointment of Dr. Hisham Al-Falih as Assistant Minister of the Interior with the excellent rank, Dr. Khaled Al-Battal as Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior with the excellent rank, Khaled Hadhrawi as an advisor to the Royal Court with the excellent rank, Engineer Khalil bin Salamah as Deputy Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for Industrial Affairs with the excellent rank, and Musaed Al-Daoud as Secretary of the Holy Capital with the excellent rank. Excellent rank, Engineer Abdullah Jali as Secretary of the Asir region with excellent rank, Dr. Abdullah Al-Maghlouth as Assistant to the Minister of Information with excellent rank, Dr. Youssef Al-Biyali as Deputy Head of General Intelligence for Intelligence Affairs with excellent rank, and Zuhair Al-Zouman as Assistant to the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission with excellent rank.

The orders were based on the basic system of government, the system of regions, in addition to the system of ministers, deputy ministers, and excellent-ranking employees, and the organization of the Human Rights Commission. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques called on the competent authorities to approve and implement his orders.

The Crown Prince and Prime Minister also issued an order appointing Prince Faisal bin Salman as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the King Fahd National Library.