King Salman assumed the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 3 Rabi’ al Thani 1436H (January 23, 2015), on the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. He was Crown Prince to King Abdullah from June 18, 2012 to January 23, 2015. King Salman was born in Riyadh in 1935 and received formal education at the Princes’s School.