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'''Mohammed bin SalmanSalmon Al Saud''' ({{lang-ar|محمد بن سلمان آل سعود|translit=Muḥammad bin Salmān Āl Su‘ūd}}; born 31 August 1985),<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman|work=Al Jazeera|date=21 June 2017|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/profile-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-170621130040539.html|access-date=2 January 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622125509/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/profile-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-170621130040539.html|archive-date=22 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia 2003">{{cite web|title=Ministries|work=Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia – Washington, D.C.|date=30 April 2003 |url=https://www.saudiembassy.net/ministries|access-date=2 January 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034447/https://www.saudiembassy.net/ministries|archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="BBC News 2017">{{cite web|title=Who is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed?|work=BBC News|date=6 November 2017|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40354415|access-date=2 January 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014071702/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40354415 |archive-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> colloquially known as '''MBS''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2019/02/01/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-entertainment/|title=Mohammed bin Salman Is Running Saudi Arabia Like a Man Who Got Away With Murder|first=Sarah|last=Aziza|date=1 February 2019|work=[[The Intercept]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trtworld.com/mea/is-trump-s-middle-east-policy-based-on-two-fragile-regional-allies-21895|title=Is Trump's Middle East policy based on two fragile regional allies?|work=TRT World|first=Abdulaziz Ahmet|last=Yasar|date=23 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Assessment-Saudi-Gov-Role-in-JK-Death-20210226.pdf |publisher=[[Office of the Director of National Intelligence]] |title=Assessing the Saudi Government's Role in the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi |date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226180954/https://www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Assessment-Saudi-Gov-Role-in-JK-Death-20210226.pdf |archive-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> is the [[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia]]. He is currently serving as the country's [[deputy prime minister]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohammad bin Salman named new Saudi Crown Prince|url=http://tass.com/world/952543|work=TASS|access-date=22 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170622194650/http://tass.com/world/952543|archive-date=22 June 2017|url-status=live|location=Beirut|date=21 June 2017}}</ref> and is also Chairman of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs, Chairman of the Council of Political and Security Affairs, and [[Ministry of Defense (Saudi Arabia)|Minister of Defense]] – the world's youngest at the time of his appointment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohammed bin Nayef kingpin in new Saudi Arabia: country experts|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mohammed-bin-nayef-kingpin-new-saudi-arabia-country-experts-1500997678|access-date=1 February 2015|work=Middle East Eye|date=1 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203221027/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mohammed-bin-nayef-kingpin-new-saudi-arabia-country-experts-1500997678|archive-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> He has been described as the [[power behind the throne]] of his father, [[Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques]] King [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|Salman]]. He was appointed crown prince<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-return-moderate-open-11400298 |title=Saudi Arabia will return to moderate, open Islam and 'will destroy extremist ideas', says crown prince|author=Anthony Bond, Rachael Burford|date=24 October 2017|work=Daily Mirror|access-date=24 October 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024145900/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-return-moderate-open-11400298|archive-date= 24 October 2017|df= dmy-all}}</ref> in June 2017 following King Salman's decision to remove Crown Prince [[Muhammad bin Nayef]] from all positions, making Mohammed bin Salman heir-designate to the throne.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/middleeast/saudi-arabia-crown-prince/index.html|title=Saudi Arabia's king replaces nephew with son as heir to throne|first1=Nicole|last1=Chavez|first2=Tamara|last2=Qiblawi|first3=James |last3=Griffiths |work=CNN|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622120520/http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/middleeast/saudi-arabia-crown-prince/index.html|archive-date=22 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Sudarsan|last1=Raghavan|first2=Karim|last2=Fahim|title=Saudi king names son as new crown prince, upending the royal succession line |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/saudi-king-names-son-as-new-crown-prince-upending-the-kingdoms-succession-line/2017/06/21/e66db88d-fecc-40fe-a902-7f9afa487de9_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_saudis230am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory|access-date=21 June 2017|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Saudi royal decrees announcing Prince Mohammed BinSalman as the new crown prince|url=http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/saudi-royal-decrees-announcing-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-as-the-new-crown-prince|website=www.thenational.ae|date=June 21, 2017|access-date=June 21, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621174949/http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/saudi-royal-decrees-announcing-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-as-the-new-crown-prince|archive-date=June 21, 2017}}</ref>
Bin Salman has led several successful reforms, which include regulations restricting the powers of the religious police,<ref name="NYToct16"/> the removal of the [[Women to drive movement|ban on female drivers]] in June 2018,<ref name="economist"/> and [[Saudi anti male-guardianship campaign#Moves toward equality|weakening the male-guardianship system]] in August 2019.<ref name="alRasheed_second_victory"/> Other cultural developments under his reign include the first Saudi public concerts by a female singer, the first Saudi sports stadium to admit women,<ref name="nypost">{{cite news|title=Saudi Arabia to allow women to enter stadiums to watch soccer|url=https://nypost.com/2018/01/12/saudi-arabia-to-allow-women-to-enter-stadiums-to-watch-soccer/|work=[[The New York Post]]|date=January 12, 2018|access-date=February 1, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002344/https://nypost.com/2018/01/12/saudi-arabia-to-allow-women-to-enter-stadiums-to-watch-soccer/|archive-date=10 February 2018}}</ref> an increased presence of women in the workforce,<ref>{{cite news|first=Iain|last=Millership|title=Mohammed bin Salman's reforms in Saudi Arabia could benefit us all |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-domestic-reforms-benefit-wider-world-radical-a8237261.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=2 March 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308191643/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-domestic-reforms-benefit-wider-world-radical-a8237261.html|archive-date=8 March 2018}}</ref> and opening the country to international tourists by introducing an e-visa system, allowing foreign visas to be applied for and issued via the Internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/22/the-other-magic-kingdom/|title=The Other Magic Kingdom|first=Adam |last=Baron|work=[[Foreign Policy (magazine)|Foreign Policy]]|language=en|date=January 22, 2019|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> His [[Saudi Vision 2030|Vision 2030]] program aims to diversify the Saudi economy through investment in non-oil sectors including technology and tourism. In 2016, he announced plans to list the shares of the state oil company [[Saudi Aramco]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Saudi Arabia is considering an IPO of Aramco, probably the world's most valuable company|url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2016/01/07/saudi-arabia-is-considering-an-ipo-of-aramco-probably-the-worlds-most-valuable-company|work=[[The Economist]]|date=7 January 2016|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823051147/https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2016/01/07/saudi-arabia-is-considering-an-ipo-of-aramco-probably-the-worlds-most-valuable-company|archive-date=23 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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