Salman of Saudi Arabia

Full name
	Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman

Salman
Salman
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
	King Salman in 2015
King of Saudi Arabia
	23 January 2015 – present
	23 January 2015
Predecessor	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Crown Princes	Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (2015); Muhammad bin Nayef (2015–17); Mohammed bin Salman (2017–present);
Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
	23 January 2015 – 27 September 2022
Predecessor	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Successor	Mohammed bin Salman
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia; Deputy Prime Minister
	16 June 2012 – 23 January 2015
Predecessor	Nayef bin Abdulaziz
Successor	Muqrin bin Abdulaziz
King and Prime Minister	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Minister of Defense
	In office; 5 November 2011 – 23 January 2015
Prime Minister	King Abdullah
Preceded by	Sultan bin Abdulaziz
Succeeded by	Mohammed bin Salman
Governor of Riyadh Province
	In office; 5 February 1963 – 5 November 2011
Appointed by	King Saud
Preceded by	Badr bin Saud
Succeeded by	Sattam bin Abdulaziz
	In office; 18 April 1956 – 22 September 1960
Appointed by	King Saud
Preceded by	Nayef bin Abdulaziz
Succeeded by	Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz
Deputy Governor of Riyadh Province
	In office; 16 March 1954 – 18 April 1955
Appointed by	King Saud
Preceded by	Nayef bin Abdulaziz
Succeeded by	Turki II bin Abdulaziz
Born	31 December 1935 (age 88); Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Spouse	Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi; (m. 1954; died 2011); Sarah bint Faisal Al Subai'ai (divorced); Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain;
Issue; Detail	List
Full name
Full name
	Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman
House	Saud
Father	King Abdulaziz
Mother	Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
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Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ^[1] born 31 December 1935) is the King of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques since 2015. He had been Minister of Defence since 2011, and was Governor of Riyadh Province from 1963 to 2011.

Salman became king on 23 January 2015 following the death of his half brother, King Abdullah.^[2]^[3] As a Sudairi Seven, his full brothers include king Fahd, and the crown princes Sultan and Nayef.

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Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in his early 20s
Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia 11-12 February 2007-12
Prince Salman at the Pentagon in April 2012
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel meets with Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 23, 2013 (Pic 2)
US President Barack Obama shakes hands with King Salman, Riyadh, 27 January 2015
Salman at the 2015 G20 Summit in Turkey, 15 September 2015
King Salman meeting the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, 16 November 2015.
Vladimir Putin and King Salman in Kremlin, Moscow, 2017
Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and King Salman of Saudi Arabia in October 2019
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King Salman attending a Minister Council meeting in 2021