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Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Topics	PEPPerson of interestPolitician				5 sources
8 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration PEP5 sources WikidatainferredQ68925712023-07-18 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsinferredQ68925712026-07-23 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesinferredQ68925712024-09-03 US CIA World Leadersinferredus-cia-saudi-arabia-…2023-08-16 US CIA World Leadersinferredus-cia-saudi-arabia-…2023-08-16 UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairsinferredunprot-ab50a85d9ea06…2026-10-22 Person of interest1 source Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesinferredQ68925712024-09-03 Politician1 source WikidatainferredrawQ82955Q68925712026-03-16
Name	Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud · Məhəmməd ibn Salman · Moegammat bin Salman · Mohamed bin Salman · Mohamed bin Szalmán asz-Szaúd · 37 more…				5 sources
45 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration Mohammed bin Salman Al Saudeng3 sources WikidataQ68925712024-01-31 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ68925712026-11-01 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ68925712026-10-31 Məhəmməd ibn Salmanaze1 source WikidataQ68925712024-01-31 Moegammat bin Salmanafr1 source WikidataQ68925712024-01-31 Mohamed bin Salmanslv1 source WikidataQ68925712024-01-31
Alias	bin Salman · Bin Selman · Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman · Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud · Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Sa‘ud · 34 more…				1 source
39 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration bin Salmaneng1 source WikidataQ68925712023-07-18 Bin Selmantur1 source WikidataQ68925712024-03-02 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmaneng1 source WikidataQ68925712025-03-01 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saudeng1 source WikidataQ68925712023-07-18
Weak alias	MbS · مبس · ムハンマド・ビン・サルマーン・アール＝サウード · 穆罕默德·本·沙爾曼 · 穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼·本·阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹·阿勒沙特 · 4 more…				1 source
15 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration MbSces1 source WikidataQ68925712025-12-03 MBScesdeuengfraisltur1 source WikidataQ68925712026-01-06 WikidataQ68925712025-01-25 WikidataQ68925712026-01-06 WikidataQ68925712026-01-06 WikidataQ68925712026-01-06 WikidataQ68925712026-01-06 مبسara1 source WikidataQ68925712025-06-11 ムハンマド・ビン・サルマーン・アール＝サウードjpn1 source WikidataQ68925712025-04-03
Title	His Royal Highness Prince				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration His Royal Highness Prince1 source UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairsunprot-ab50a85d9ea06…2026-10-22
First name	Muhammad				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Muhammadeng1 source WikidatarawQ5837762Q68925712025-01-20
Birth date	1985-08-31				3 sources
3 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration 1985-08-313 sources Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ68925712026-07-23 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ68925712025-12-09 Wikidataraw+1985-08-31T00:00:00ZQ68925712025-12-11
Place of birth	Riyadh				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Riyadheng1 source WikidatarawQ3692Q68925712023-07-18
Gender	male				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration male1 source WikidatarawQ6581097Q68925712023-07-18
Citizenship	Saudi Arabia				5 sources
6 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration Saudi Arabia5 sources Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesrawQ851Q68925712024-09-28 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsrawQ851Q68925712026-07-23 US CIA World LeadersrawSaudi Arabiaus-cia-saudi-arabia-…2025-10-19 UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign AffairsrawSAUDI ARABIAunprot-ab50a85d9ea06…2026-10-22 US CIA World LeadersrawSaudi Arabiaus-cia-saudi-arabia-…2025-10-19 WikidatarawQ851Q68925712024-11-19
Nationality	not available
Classification	National government (current)				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration National government (current)1 source PEP position annotations by OpenSanctionsinferredQ68925712025-07-01
Position	Crown Prince & Deputy Prime Minister · Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (2017-) · Minister of Defence (2015-2022) · Minister of Defense · 1 more…				3 sources
6 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration Crown Prince & Deputy Prime Ministereng1 source US CIA World Leadersus-cia-saudi-arabia-…2023-08-16 Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia1 source UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairsunprot-ab50a85d9ea06…2026-10-22 Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (2017-)eng1 source WikidatarawQ12251224Q68925712025-12-11 Minister of Defence (2015-2022)eng1 source WikidatarawQ25556795Q68925712025-12-11
Education	King Saud University (2003-2007)				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration King Saud University (2003-2007)eng1 source WikidatarawQ1752043Q68925712025-12-11
Religion	Islam				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Islameng1 source WikidatarawQ432Q68925712023-07-18
Ethnicity	Arabs				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Arabseng1 source WikidatarawQ35323Q68925712023-07-18
Wikidata ID	Q6892571				3 sources
3 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration Q68925713 sources Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ68925712024-09-03 WikidataQ68925712023-07-18 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ68925712026-07-23
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Salman1 source WikidataenwikirawMohammed bin SalmanQ68925712026-03-26
Source link	www.cia.gov				1 source
2 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration https://www.cia.gov/resources/world-leaders/foreign-governments/saudi-arabia1 source US CIA World Leadersus-cia-saudi-arabia-…2023-08-16 US CIA World Leadersus-cia-saudi-arabia-…2023-08-16
Last change	2026-10-27	Last processed	2026-10-27	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Saudi crown prince (born 1985)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-25

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Close Associate	sibling	-	-	Details
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Close Associate	father's brother · relative	-	-	Details
Sara bint Mashhur bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Person of interest · Close Associate	spouse	2008-04-06	-	Details
Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Close Associate	father's brother · relative	-	-	Details
Salman of Saudi Arabia PEP	Details

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons371,400

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,079

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

United Nations · United Nations Protocol Service

US CIA World Leaders10,959

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · Central Intelligence Agency

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories184,460

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata423,331

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions592,601

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-ab50a85d9ea063d5a749e1c6bbc3132516719a3e · us-cia-saudi-arabia-muhammad-bin-salman-bin-abd-al-aziz-al-saud-minister-of-defense · us-cia-saudi-arabia-muhammad-bin-salman-bin-abd-al-aziz-al-saud-crown-prince-deputy-prime-minister · unprot-1abef5be3cfff3e96684b4861a80a9a5ec0beefc · unprot-f2aafa68f1d37d8e78a28c3727cb28c58a9618bc

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia	2017-06-21	-	Details
Minister of Defence	-	-	Details
Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia	2022-09-27	-	Details
Minister of Defence	2015-01-23	2022-09-27	Details
Minister of Defence	2015-01-23	-	Details
Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	2023-04-12	-	Details

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Turki bin Salman Al Saud Person of interest · Close Associate	sibling	-	-	Details
Salman of Saudi Arabia PEP	child	-	-	Details
Muhammad bin Nayef PEP	relative · son of father's brother	-	-	Details
Fahdah bint Falah bin Hathlain Alajmi Person of interest · Close Associate	child	-	-	Details
Salman ibn Sultan PEP	paternal cousin · relative	-	-	Details