RIYADH: Former chief of Saudi intelligence, Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz al Saud, has been appointed as country’s deputy prime minister, SAMAA reported.
The appointment makes 70-something Abdullah third most powerful figure of the Saudi Arabia after Shah Abdullah and crown prince Salman.
Muqrin, who is youngest son of the kingdom’s founder Abdulaziz ibn Saud, was retired as Saudi intelligence head in July last year.
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