Saudi Arabia’s Security Apparatus
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ROYAL COURT
![King Salman](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/king-salman.jpg)
King Salman
![Mohammed bin Salman](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/mohammed-bin-salman.jpg)
Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman
![mohammed-bin-nayef](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/mohammed-bin-nayef.jpg)
Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Nayef
Security Agencies
![abdulaziz-bin-saud-bin-nayef](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/abdulaziz-bin-saud-bin-nayef.jpg)
Interior Ministry
Abdulaziz bin Saud Bin Nayef
- Public Security Directorate (police)
![abdulaziz-bin-mohammed-al-huwairini](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/green.png)
State Security Presidency
Abdulaziz bin Mohammed al-Huwairini
- General Investigation Directorate (Mabahith)
- Special Security Forces
- Special Emergency Forces
![mohammed-bin-salman](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/mohammed-bin-salman.jpg)
Defense Ministry
Mohammed bin Salman
- Royal Saudi Land Forces (Saudi army)
- Royal Saudi Air Forces
- Royal Saudi Navel Forces
![green](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/saud-bin-abdullah-al-mujib.jpg?1)
Public Prosecution
Saud bin Abdullah al-Mujib
![green](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/abdallah-bin-bandar.jpg)
National Guard
Abdallah bin Bandar
![Khalid-bin-ali-al-humaidan](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/khalid-bin-ali-al-humaidan.jpg)
General Intelligence Presidency
Khalid bin Ali al-Humaidan
![mohammed-bin-nayef](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/mohammed-bin-nayef.jpg)
Interior Ministry
Mohammed bin Nayef
- General Investigation Directorate (Mabahith)
- Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution
- Public Security Directorate (police)
- Special Security Forces
- Special Emergency Forces
Mohammed bin Nayef sent to house arrest
![mutaib-bin-abdullah](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/mutaib-bin-abdullah.png)
National Guard
Mutaib bin Abdullah
Mutaib bin Abdullah detained during 2017 corruption arrest and held in Ritz
![ahmed-al-assiri](https://features.hrw.org/features/features/saudi-hierarchy/img/ahmed-al-assiri.jpg)
General Intelligence Deputy
Ahmed al-Assiri
Ahmed al-Assiri implicated in Khashoggi killing, reportedly on trial