According to Ali AlAhmed from the Institute for [Persian]Gulf Affairs, the tripe was not officially announced.
Based on the article“Saudi Foreign Policy after Saud AlFaisal, ”Saudi foreign Minister Saud AlFaisal has postponed his plans to travel to the United States for treatment due to serious illness. His health condition appears to be extremely critical and possibly fatal, according to sources familiar with his condition and spoke to IGA on the condition of anonymity. AlFaisal is currently receiving treatment at The Jeddah Specialist Hospital.
The likely departure of Faisal means that AbdulAziz, the son of King Abdullah and deputy Minister of foreign affairs will be the next Saudi foreign minister and bringing an end to AlFaisals’ 79-year domination of the foreign affairs ministry. Established in 1932, the ministry was run by three ministers, King Faisal who held the ministry’s profile while he was king until his death in 1975, his son Saud, and Ibrahim AlSowyal, the only non-AlSaud to hold a ministry profile who served for one year in the 1960s.
