(23 Jan 2015) World leaders expressed their condolences on Friday following the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
King Abdullah died early on Friday at the age of 90 after nearly two decades in power.
Saudi Arabia's newly enthroned King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud moved quickly to name a future successor to the crown in his oil-rich kingdom, a significant appointment that puts the Kingdom's future squarely in the hands of a new generation.
A royal decree affirmed Crown Prince Muqrin as his immediate successor.
After Muqrin, Salman named Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef as deputy Crown Prince, making him second-in-line to the throne.
Mohammed is the first grandson of Saudi Arabia's founder, King Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, to be named as a future heir.
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