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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed Acting Governor of Riyadh Province on March 16, 1954, at the age of nineteen, following the death of his father, the Founding King, and the accession of his elder brother, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz, to the reins of power in the country. King Salman spent a year as Acting Governor of Riyadh before a Royal Order was issued on April 18, 1955, appointing him as Governor of Riyadh Province with the rank of minister. He r...

The adoption of the title of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques officially began in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the reign of King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud . He chose it instead of the usual title associated with the kings' names, 'His Majesty', as an honor and pride in serving the Two Holy Mosques. He was the first to officially adopt this title in Saudi rule throughout its three phases: - King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on October 27, 1986, during a speech he delivered a...