Technocrats have taken several important positions, with diplomat Othman Jerandi named as foreign minister, Lotfi Ben Jeddou as interior minister and Rachid Sabbagh as defence minister.

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These include his half-brothers: Nayef, the interior minister, Sultan, the crown prince and defence minister, and Salman, the governor of Riyadh.

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In this the interior minister was a judge, the defence minister a general, and so on.

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