Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud issued a royal order relieving Sulaiman bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan from his post as minister of transport and replacing him with Dr. Nabil bin Mohammad Ala'amoodi.
The outgoing Minister of Transport Suleiman bin Abdullah Alhamdan was instead appointed as minister of civil service, and Sulaiman Abdulfattah bin Sulaiman Mashat as deputy minister of Hajj and Umrah.
Saad bin Moqbil Almaimooni was appointed as governor of Taif.
Isam bin Hamad bin Ali Almubarak was appointed as governor of real estate general commission.