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Bin Farhan had served as the Saudi ambassador to Germany for the last few months and earlier as\u00a0political adviser at the Washington embassy.<\/p>\n\n

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He also served as an adviser to King Salman\u2019s son, the powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.<\/p>\n\n

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The new minister will take over from Ibrahim al-Assaf, who was demoted to the minister of state.<\/p>\n\n

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The outgoing minister had replaced Adel al-Jubeir in December 2018 in a surprising replacement, as he was\u00a0among dozens of prominent Saudi royals and businessmen detained in\u00a0Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton\u00a0in November, 2017, in an \u201canti-corruption\u201d sweep.<\/p>\n\n

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Saudi King Salman has\u00a0demoted Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in a major reshuffle\u00a0which is seen by analysts as a whitewash of the royal family's role in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n\n

At the time, his appointment was widely seen as an effort to improve the kingdom's image after the crisis caused by the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n\n

In another royal decree late Wednesday, King Salman also appointed a new transport minister.<\/p>\n\n

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