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The king of Saudi Arabia, officially the King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: ملك المملكة العربية السعودية), is the head of state and head of government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who holds absolute power. He is the head of the Saudi Arabian royal family, the House of Saud. [1]
The most influential position of the royal family is the King of Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarch. The family in total is estimated to comprise 15,000 members; however, the majority of power, influence and wealth is possessed by a group of about 2,000 of them.
The order of succession to the Saudi Arabian throne is determined by, and within, the House of Saud.Every King of Saudi Arabia, upon his death, has been succeeded by the crown prince, with a new crown prince then being appointed according to a loose form of agnatic seniority among the sons of Ibn Saud, though various members of the family have been bypassed for various reasons.
Mohammed bin Salman was born on 31 August 1985 [10] [11] [12] to Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz (later King of Saudi Arabia) and his third wife, [13] Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain. He is the eldest of his mother's six children and the eighth child and seventh son of his father. [13] His full siblings include Prince Turki and Defense Minister Prince ...
King of Saudi Arabia r. 1932–1953: Saud 1902–1969 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1953–1964: Faisal 1906–1975 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1964–1975: Khalid 1913–1982 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1975–1982: Fahd 1920, 1921, or 1923–2005 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1982–2005: Abdullah 1924–2015 King of Saudi Arabia r. 2005–2015: Salman b. 1935 ...
An unlikely royal joined a Saudi delegation to the UAE this week, and readers of the Kingdom's political landscape are viewing the move as a message of family unity from its de facto ruler after ...
King of Saudi Arabia r. 1932–1953: Saud 1902–1969 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1953–1964: Faisal 1906–1975 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1964–1975: Khalid 1913–1982 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1975–1982: Fahd 1920, 1921, or 1923–2005 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1982–2005: Abdullah 1924–2015 King of Saudi Arabia r. 2005–2015: Salman b. 1935 ...
Two of their sons became kings of Saudi Arabia. Their children were: Sa'ad (I) Robert Lacey in his book The Kingdom states that Princess Hassa actually mothered Sa'ad which is also said by other sources. He was born in 1913 and died in 1919 during the Spanish flu pandemic. Fahd (II) (1921 – 1 August 2005); King (1982–2005)