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'''The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''' (''al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya'', '''المملكة العربية السعودية''', also '''Saudi Arabia''' or '''KSA''') is a large country on the [[Arabian peninsula]]. Ruled by The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Salman bin Abdul Aziz Abdulaziz Al Saud, the country is one of the few absolute monarchies left in the world. [[Shari'a]] (Islamic jurisprudence) is the official law of the Kingdom. The Kingdom was first declared on 8 January 1926 by [[Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud]], and was brought together on 22 September 1932.
==People==
===Principal Government Officials===
*King, Prime Minister, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques--King Abdullah Salman bin Abdul Aziz Abdulaziz Al Saud
*Minister of Foreign Affairs--Prince Saud Al Faysal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
===Foreign Relations===
[[File:King Abdullah with Dick Cheney George H.W. Bush, August 2005.jpg|thumb|280px|Deceased King Abdullah with Dick Cheney, George H.W. Bush, and Colin Powell, 2005.]]
Saudi foreign policy objectives are to maintain its security and its paramount position on the Arabian Peninsula, defend general Arab and Islamic interests, promote solidarity among Islamic governments, and maintain cooperative relations with other oil-producing and major oil-consuming countries.
King Fahd suffered a stroke in November 1995. From 1997, Crown Prince Abdullah took on much of the day-to-day responsibilities of running the government. Upon King Fahd's death on August 1, 2005, Abdullah assumed the throne as King. Prince Sultan, Minister of Defense and Aviation, became Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister.
In January 2015 King Abdullah died at the age of 90. His half-brother Prince Salman was appointed as successor.<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/powerful-saudi-arabia-king-abdullah-dies-age-90</ref>
==Notable Saudi Arabians==