King Salman is the 4th oldest living head of state and the oldest living monarch.
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40 Facts About King Salman
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King Salman was appointed deputy governor of Riyadh Province on 17 March 1954, aged 19, and held the post until 19 April 1955.
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King Salman was appointed the provincial governor on 5 February 1963, and remained in that office until 5 November 2011.
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King Salman served as an important liaison to attract tourism, capital projects, and foreign investment to his country.
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King Salman favored political and economic relationships with the West.
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King Salman was the chairman of the King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives, King Abdulaziz Museum, the Prince Salman Center for Disability Research and the Prince Fahd bin Salman Charitable Society for the Care of Kidney Patients.
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King Salman undertook several foreign tours while he was governor.
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Under King Salman, Riyadh became one of the richest cities in the Middle East and an important place for trade and commerce.
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On 5 November 2011, King Salman was appointed Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, replacing his full brother, the Crown Prince Sultan.
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King Salman was named a member of the National Security Council on the same day.
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King Salman headed the family council, called The Descendants' Council, that was established by King Fahd in 2000 to solve family matters, reach consensus and try to avoid any publicly embarrassing behaviour by some family members.
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Second, King Salman belongs to the "middle generation" in the royal family; therefore, he could develop close ties with both generations socially and culturally.
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On 18 June 2012, King Salman was appointed as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia shortly after the death of his brother, Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz.
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In September 2012, King Salman was named as the deputy chairman of the military service council.
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King Salman is a strong advocate for philanthropy in poor Muslim nations such as Somalia, Sudan, and Afghanistan.
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King Salman first put together a coalition of ten Sunni Muslim countries.
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King Salman was often a mediator in settling royal conflicts among the extended Al Saud family – estimated at 4,000 princes.
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King Salman was a prominent figure of the royal council, which allowed him to select which princes would be delegated which responsibilities of the Kingdom.
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King Salman reportedly controlled the organization through his son Prince Faisal, who is a former chairman of the concern.
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King Salman is said to be close to Al Arabiya TV director and Asharq Al-Awsat journalist Abdelrahman Al Rashid and to Othman Al Omeir, who launched and is the owner of the liberal e-newspaper Elaph.
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King Salman holds traditional views with regard to political reforms and social change.
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King Salman's first wife was Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi who was a first cousin of Salman, being a daughter of his maternal uncle Turki bin Ahmad Al Sudairi, who had served as a governor of the Asir Province.
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King Salman was nineteen years old when his first child, Fahd, was born.
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Sultan bin King Salman became the first person of royal blood, the first-ever Arab, and the first Muslim to fly in outer space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in June 1985.
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Sultan bin King Salman is currently the chairman of the Saudi Space Commission.
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Abdulaziz bin King Salman has been the deputy minister of oil since 1995, then the minister of Energy since 2019.
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The King Salman has six sons from his third marriage with Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain: Prince Mohammed, Prince Turki, Prince Khalid, Prince Nayef, Prince Bandar, and Prince Rakan.
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King Salman was appointed as the minister of defense and head of the royal court upon his father's accession to the throne in January 2015.
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Turki bin King Salman became the chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group in February 2013, replacing his elder half-brother Faisal.
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King Salman has had one stroke and despite receiving physiotherapy, his left arm does not work as well as his right.
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US intelligence officials believe that King Salman has been kept apart from his wife Princess Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain for several years, on the orders of their son Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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King Salman had not been involved in any public events between 2015 and the early 2020, but she reappeared at such events from March 2020.
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King Salman received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Al-Turath Charity Foundation in the field of urban heritage in 2013.
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In 2017, King Salman pledged US$15,000,000 for Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh.
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