Salman of Saudi Arabia
King of Saudi Arabia since 2015
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| 2024 | KSRelief continued its food security project in Sudan to aid more than 4,000 individuals and carried out humanitarian projects in Lebanon and Indonesia. |
| May 2024 | Reported to have a lung infection and would be taking antibiotics. |
| 2023 | KSRelief provided treatment services to people of Yemen. |
| 2022 | KSRelief continued relief efforts to ensure food security for refugees in Lebanon, Sudan, Bangladesh, and Yemen. |
| 2022 | Saudi airstrikes hit a prison in Northern Yemen, killing at least 70 people and disrupting the country's internet access. |
| 2022 | Received Grand Collar of the Order of the Golden Eagle from Kazakhstan |
| September 2022 | King Salman resigned from the position of prime minister, delegating this role to his son Mohammed bin Salman. |
| 2021 | KSRelief and UNESCO planned to launch the Kodrat project, a $887,000 initiative to support Lebanese teachers through an online self-learning platform, directly training 1,000 teachers and 50 trainers from 100 public schools affected by the Beirut explosion. |
| 2021 | UN estimated the death toll of the Yemen war had reached 377,000 people, with projections suggesting it could rise to 1.3 million by 2030. |
| 2021 | Granted Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of Al-Said from Oman |
| May 28 2021 | His daughter Princess Hassa married her cousin Fahd bin Saad Al Saud at the Royal Sea Place in Jeddah. |
| April 2021 | King Salman appointed Prince Mishaal bin Majid Al Saud, previously governor of Jeddah since 1997, as an adviser to the King with ministerial rank. |
| 2020 | KSRelief committed to rebuilding the Syrian refugees camp destroyed during local fighting and covering refugees' needs. |
| July 2020 | Underwent successful gallbladder surgery. |
| April 2020 | King Salman issued a royal decree through the Saudi Supreme Court eliminating the death penalty for minors, replacing it with a maximum of 10 years in juvenile detention. |
| 2019 | KSRelief signed a memorandum of cooperation with UNICEF to enhance humanitarian cooperation, exchange knowledge, and promote voluntary work. |
| 2019 | Received Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic from Tunisia |
| 2019 | KSRelief provided 1,839 Yemeni civilians wounded during the war with prosthetic limbs, totaling $2.3 million in support. |
| 2019 | KSRelief signed agreements with civil society organizations to implement relief projects for Palestinian and Syrian refugees, including a $5 million agreement with UNHCR and a $3.8 million agreement with IOM. |
| May 2019 | King Salman hosted emergency summits in Mecca with Gulf and Arab state leaders, accusing Iran of threatening global oil supplies and shipping. He called on the international community to confront Tehran and use all means to deter Iran's actions. |
| 2018 | KSRelief provided medical services to 2,501,897 Yemenis. |
| 2018 | KSRelief assisted 180,555 Syrian patients living in Zataari Syrian refugees camp in Jordan. |
| June 2018 | King Salman established the Ministry of Culture to support Saudi Vision 2030's cultural goals and created the Council of Royal Reserves for environmental protection. |
| June 2018 | King Salman implemented government reforms by replacing the labor and Islamic affairs ministers, appointing Ahmed al-Rajhi as labor minister and Abdullatif al-Alsheikh as minister for Islamic affairs. |
| 2017 | Granted Recipient of the Most Exalted Order of the Crown of the Realm from Malaysia |
| 2017 | Pledged US$15,000,000 for Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh. |
| 2017 | Awarded Collar of the Order of the Republic from Sierra Leone |
| 2017 | Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum from Japan |
| 2017 | Received Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei |
| 2017 | Received Collar of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise from Ukraine |
| 2017 | Issues a historic decree allowing Saudi women to drive, marking a significant social reform. |
| 2017 | Awarded Collar of the Order of Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa from Bahrain |
| 2017 | Received Collar of the Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali from Jordan |
| 2017 | Granted First Class of the Star of the Republic of Indonesia |
| June 21 2017 | King Salman removed Muhammad bin Nayef from the line of succession and from all government positions, designating his son Mohammed bin Salman as the new crown prince, effectively reshaping the Saudi royal succession and governmental leadership. |
| 2016 | Awarded Collar of the Order of Mubarak the Great from Kuwait |
| 2016 | Awarded Collar of the Order of Zayed from United Arab Emirates |
| 2016 | Granted Collar of the Order of Muhammad from Morocco |
| 2016 | Received Collar of the Order of the Nile from Egypt |
| 2016 | Received Collar of the Order of the State of Republic of Turkey |
| 2016 | Received Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle from Mexico |
| January 2016 | Saudi Arabia executed prominent Saudi Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr, which provoked strong warnings from Iran about potential consequences for the House of Saud. |
| 2015 | US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter met with King Salman and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah to discuss regional security concerns, particularly regarding the Iranian nuclear deal and its potential regional implications. |
| 2015 | Received Grand Cordon of the National Order of Merit from Guinea |
| 2015 | Granted Grand Collar of the State of Palestine |
| 2015 | Received First Class of the Nishan-e-Pakistan |
| 2015 | Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of National Star of Djibouti |
| June 2015 | Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court upheld the sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for Raif Badawi, a blogger imprisoned in 2012 for 'insulting Islam'. |
| May 2015 | King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief) was established to deliver international aid to victims of civil war and natural disasters, working with the UN and other agencies. |
| April 2015 | King Salman appointed Muhammad bin Nayef as Crown Prince, replacing his youngest brother Prince Muqrin, and simultaneously made his son Mohammed bin Salman the Deputy Crown Prince, concentrating key government powers in these two positions. |
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