Al-Saud move with speed to reconfigure top team after Nayef’s death


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Issue 926 - 22 Jun 2012
Generational change remains off the agenda, as the Saudi leadership moved with unusual speed to confirm Ibn Saud sons Salman and Ahmed as crown prince and interior minister after Prince Nayef’s death. Quick decision-making was needed to counter mounting demographic and geopolitical pressure

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