Members of the Saudi Shoura council increased
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/25/2001

Saudi King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz on Thursday released a decision provided for increasing members of the Saudi Shoura council from 90 to 120. The King also issued a decision on the occasion of ending the second term and the beginning of the third term of the council on Saturday provides for extending the period of Sheikh Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Jubeir for the Shoura council and the period of the council's secretary general Hammoud al-Bader for four new years. Bakry Bin Saleh Shatta was appointed as a deputy chairman of the council.

Some 75 new members were also appointed in the Shoura council while 45 of former members were exempted from their post.

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