Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued a royal order on Wednesday (October 23) relieving Dr Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al Assaf, Minister of Foreign Affairs, of his post and appointing Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Dr Al Assaf was appointed as Minister of the State and cabinet member.
King Salman issued another royal order relieving Dr Nabil bin Mohammed Al Amoudi, Minister of Transport, of his post and appointing Saleh bin Nasser bin Ali Al Jasser as the new Minister of Transport.
In other royal orders, Dr Abdullah bin Sharaf bin Jumaan Al Ghamdi was appointed chairman of the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence at the rank of minister; Saleh bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Othaim was named vice-president of the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence; Dr Esaam bin Abdullah bin Khalaf Al Weqait was appointed director of the National Information Center; and Dr Tareq bin Abdullah Al Enazi was named chairman of the National Data Management Office, according to SPA.