RIYADH: Following is the lineup of the new Cabinet after yesterday’s reshuffle:
Head of state and prime minister: King Abdullah
Crown prince, deputy prime minister, minister of defense and aviation: Prince Sultan
Minister of interior: Prince Naif
Minister of foreign affairs: Prince Saud Al-Faisal
Minister of petroleum and mineral resources: Ali Al-Naimi
Minister of finance: Ibrahim Al-Assaf
Minister of commerce and industry: Abdullah Zainal Alireza
Minister of municipal and rural affairs: Prince Miteb
Minister of justice: Mohammed Al-Eissa
Minister of higher education: Khaled Al-Anqari
Minister of Islamic affairs: Sheikh Saleh Al-Asheikh
Minister of Haj: Fouad Al-Farsi
Minister of civil service: Mohammad bin Ali Al-Fayez
Minister of health: Abdullah Al-Rabeeah
Minister of agriculture: Fahd Balghonaim
Minister of communications and information technology: Mohammad bin Jamil Mulla
Minister of planning and economy: Khaled Al-Gosaibi
Minister of information and culture: Abdul Aziz Khoja
Minister of education: Prince Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed
Minister of transport: Jabara Al-Seraisry
Minister of water and electricity: Abdullah Al-Hussayen
Minister of labor: Ghazi Al-Gosaibi
Minister of social affairs: Yousuf Abdullah Al-Othaimeen
Ministers of state: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd, Mutlab bin Abdullah Al-Nafeesa, Musaed Al-Aiban, Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Khuwaiter, Saud bin Saeed Al-Mat’hami (in charge of Shoura Council affairs).
Minister of state for foreign affairs: Nizar bin Obaid Madani
Deputy education minister for girls’ education: Nora bint Abdullah Al-Fayez