In this file photo taken on July 01, 2019, Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khaled al-Falih (R) and Saudi Deputy Oil Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz talk to the press on the sidelines of the 176th meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s king named his son Prince Abdulaziz Salman as energy minister, installing a royal family member at the helm of the kingdom’s oil policy for the first time.
Prince Abdulaziz, a long-time top Energy Ministry official, is half-brother to the Crown Prince Mohammed Salman, but the two aren’t believed to be close and are quite far apart in age. The prince replaces Khalid al-Falih, whose future had been uncertain over the past week after he was stripped of his responsibility for overseeing industrial development and removed as head of Saudi Aramco.
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