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Saudi king reshuffles cabinet but keeps oil, finance posts

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29-01-2015 | 15:24

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Saudi king reshuffles cabinet but keeps oil, finance posts

Saudi Arabia's new King Salman ordered a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday but kept in place veteran Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf and Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal.

He merged the Education Ministry and Higher Education Ministry and replaced Justice Minister Mohammed al-Issa, according to the text of a royal decree read out on state television.

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