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Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Template:Language with name and transliteration, Template:Transl, Template:IPA-ar; born 31 December 1935) is King of Saudi Arabia, reigning since 23 January 2015. Prior to his accession, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 16 June 2012 to 23 January 2015. He is the 25th son of King Abdulaziz and the sixth of his sons who have reigned as kings.
Salman is a son of King Abdulaziz and Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, making him one of the Sudairi Seven. He was the deputy governor of Riyadh and later the governor of Riyadh for 48 years from 1963 to 2011. He was then appointed minister of defense. He was named crown prince in 2012. Salman became king in 2015 upon the death of his half-brother, King Abdullah. Since December 2019, he is the oldest surviving son of King Abdulaziz.
Salman's major initiatives as king include the
Saudi intervention in the
Yemeni Civil War,
Saudi Vision 2030, and a 2017 decree allowing Saudi women to drive.
[1] His son, Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman, is considered the
de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia.
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia: My experience as a female driver, one year on". BBC News. 24 June 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48661233.
