Khalid bin Salman Al Saud

His Royal Highness Khalid bin Salman Al Saud
خالد بن سلمان آل سعود
Prince Khalid in 2021
Minister of Defense
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 September 2022
Monarch	Salman
Prime Minister	Mohammed bin Salman
Preceded by	Mohammed bin Salman
Deputy Minister of Defense
In office 23 February 2019 – 27 September 2022
Monarch	Salman
Minister	Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud
Preceded by	Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud
Saudi Ambassador to the United States
In office 23 April 2017 – 23 February 2019
Monarch	Salman
Preceded by	Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud
Succeeded by	Reema bint Bandar Al Saud
Personal details
Born	1988 (age 35–36) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Spouse	Noura bint Mohammed bin Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Children	Prince Abdulaziz Princess Dana
Names Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman
Parent(s)	King Salman bin Abdulaziz Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain
Dynasty	Al Saud
Relatives	Mohammed bin Salman (brother)
Alma mater	King Faisal Air Academy
Military service
Branch/service	Royal Saudi Air Force
Years of service	until 2016
Unit	No. 92 Squadron RSAF
Battles/wars	War against the Islamic State Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen

Khalid bin Salman Al Saud (Arabic: خالد بن سلمان آل سعود Khālid bin Salmān Āl Suʿūd; born 1988) is a Saudi Arabian diplomat, and politician who serves as the Saudi Arabian minister of defense. He was appointed defense minister on 27 September 2022.^[1] He is the tenth child and ninth son of King Salman and the younger brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.