Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Tuesday named his powerful son and heir Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as prime minister, a position previously held by the king.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 23, 2018. Bin Salman has denied ordering Khashoggi's murder, although he told"CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell in 2019 on"60 Minutes" that he took responsibility for it.
Since becoming defense minister in 2015, bin Salman has also overseen the bloody war in Yemen, where Saudi-backed forces have been accused of targeting civilians and children and employing famine as a weapon. And in 2017, he was accused of , senior military officers, businessmen and top officials, including a well-known royal billionaire with extensive holdings in Western companies, at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh as part of what he called an anti-corruption probe., prior to Khashoggi's murder, bin Salman was eager to promote his reform intiatives, known as Vision 2030, which allowed women to drive, updated the country's welfare state and encouraged more private investment — including in the Saudi oil industry.
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