VOL. XLII

No. 25

21-June-1999

SAUDI ARABIA

Continuity Is Watchword For New Saudi Cabinet

Continuity has clearly been very much the watchword in SaudiArabias latest cabinet reshuffle which was announced in Riyadh on 16 June. Allthe key ministries remain in the same hands as before, while the only fourministers to be replaced were those holding the portfolios of Labor and SocialAffairs, Planning, Islamic Affairs, and Pilgrimage Affairs. One new ministry for civil service was added to the cabinet,...