The pattern of Saudi power shifts as the ‘MBS cohort’ of royals emerges


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Issue 1080 - 10 May 2019 | 6 minute read

Some 30 Al-Saud princes – and one princess – have been appointed to positions of authority by King Salman Bin Abdelaziz since 2017. The appointments have come in waves: 22 in 2017, seven in 2018 and four in spring 2019. Many are notably young, in a system that has traditionally not favoured youth, and are drawn from the same cohort as Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS).

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