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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 ...
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 monarchy was hereditary by agnatic seniority until 2006, when a royal decree provided that future Saudi kings are to be elected by a committee of Saudi princes. [8] King Salman , who reigns currently, first replaced the next crown prince, his brother Muqrin, with his nephew Muhammad bin Nayef .
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 ...
Historiography in Saudi Arabia: Globalization and the State in the Middle East (2013) Kostiner, Joseph. The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916–1936: From Chieftaincy to Monarchical State (1993) Parker, Chad H. Making the Desert Modern: Americans, Arabs, and Oil on the Saudi Frontier, 1933–1973 (U of Massachusetts Press, 2015), 161 pp. al-Rasheed, M.
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.
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Aramco's chairman, works with the Saudi monarchy to steer the oil giant’s strategy. Al-Rumayyan also runs the PIF, which invests Aramco profits in assets around the world ...
Ibn Saud was very tall for a Saudi man of his time, [68] his height reported as between 1.85 (6 ft 1 in) [69] [70] and 1.88 (6 ft 2 in). [71] He was known to have a charming and charismatic personality that earned him respect among his people and some foreign diplomats.