Saudi Arabia’s new King has carried out a Cabinet reshuffle and reorganised the government. The new Council of Ministers has 31 members.
The Ministers of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Labour, Commerce, Transport, Economy and Planning retained their posts. New ministers of Defence, Agriculture, Education and Information were appointed.
The new Council of Ministers is as follows:
| Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz | Crown Prince and Deputy Premier |
| Prince Mohammed Bin Naif | Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior |
| Prince Saud Bin Faisal | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Prince Mansour Bin Miteb | Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers, Advisor to the |
| Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques | |
| Prince Miteb Bin Abdullah | Minister of National Guard |
| Prince Mohammed Bin Salman | Minister of Defence |
| Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh | Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance |
| Dr. Walid Bin Mohammed Al-Samaani | Minister of Justice |
| Dr. Matlab Bin Abdullah Al-Nafisah | Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers |
| Dr. Musaed Al-Aiban | Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers |
| Eng. Ali Al-Naimi | Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources |
| Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf | Minister of Finance |
| Eng. Abdullah Al-Husayyn | Minister of Water and Electricity |
| Eng. Adel Fakieh | Minister of Labour |
| Dr. Shwaish Al-Dhwaihi | Minister of Housing |
| Dr. Bandar Hajjar | Minister of Haj |
| Dr. Mohammed Al-Jasser | Minister of Economy and Planning |
| Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah | Minister of Commerce and Industry |
| Mohammed Abu Saq | Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers |
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| Dr. Essam Bin Saad | Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers |
| Eng. Abdullah Al-Muqbel | Minister of Transport |
| Dr. Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel | Minister of Communications and Information Technology |
| Dr. Majid Al-Qusaibi | Minister of Social Affairs |
| Dr. Saad Al-Jabri | Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers |
| Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh | Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers |
| Eng. Abdullatif Bin Omar Al Al-Sheikh | Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs |
| Ahmed Bin Aqeel Al-Khatib | Minister of Health |
| Khalid Bin Abdullah Al-Araj | Minister of Civil Service |
| Dr. Adel Al-Turaifi | Minister of Culture and Information |
| Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli | Minister of Agriculture |
| Dr. Azzam Al-Dakhil | Minister of Education |
Amongst a wide range of decrees King Salman has also;
- Appointed Faisal Bin Bandar as the Governor of Riyadh
- Appointed Khaled Al-Faisal as Governor of Makkah
- Appointed Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Jadaan as the President of the Capital Market Authority with the Rank of Minister
- Merged the Education Ministry and Higher Education Ministry
- Abolished the Supreme Council for Petroleum and Minerals Affairs
- Abolished the following bodies; Higher Committee for Education Policy; Higher Committee for Administrative Organization; Civil Service Council; Higher Commission of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology; Council of Higher Education and Universities; Supreme Council for Education; Supreme Council for Petroleum and Minerals; Supreme Economic Council; National Security Council; Supreme Council of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy; Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and the Supreme Council for Disabled Affairs
- Established two new Councils linked to the Council of Ministers; Council of Political and Security Affairs and Council of Economic and Development Affairs.