Saudi
King Abdullah named his half-brother Prince Salman as heir to the
throne on Monday following the death of crown prince Nayef, state
television Al-Ekhbariyah reported.
Monarch appointed Salman "crown prince and deputy prime minister" while also keeping him on as defence minister, it said, adding that Prince Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz would take over from Nayef as interior minister.
Salman, aged 76, became defence minister in October following the death of Sultan, the then crown prince and long-serving defence and aviation minister, while Nayef was named heir to the throne.
It was the first ministerial post for Salman who had been the governor of Riyadh since 1962.
Nayef died on Saturday in Switzerland of "cardiac problems," according to a medical source in Geneva.
Monarch appointed Salman "crown prince and deputy prime minister" while also keeping him on as defence minister, it said, adding that Prince Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz would take over from Nayef as interior minister.
Salman, aged 76, became defence minister in October following the death of Sultan, the then crown prince and long-serving defence and aviation minister, while Nayef was named heir to the throne.
It was the first ministerial post for Salman who had been the governor of Riyadh since 1962.
Nayef died on Saturday in Switzerland of "cardiac problems," according to a medical source in Geneva.
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