The King
Chooses the Shura Council's 150 members according to the Council's official description.
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🇸🇦 Government power map
Who selects whom in Saudi Arabia?
Monarchical appointment and consultative-council system
Saudi Arabia
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About this system
The Shura Council's official record says its speaker and 150 members are chosen by the King. The Council studies policy, laws, regulations, treaties, agreements, concessions, and government-agency reports.
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1 formal relationships drawn · 1 sources · Verified 2026-08-28
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Institutions represented on this map.
Each institution below has an attached source. Being listed does not imply an unshown formal relationship.
Shura Council
A speaker and 150 appointed members study policy and proposed rules during four-Hijri-year sessions.
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The map describes formal national relationships only. It does not measure democratic quality, legitimacy, actual compliance, or informal influence.
Source notes
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- Royal succession and executive decision structures
- Judicial appointment and review
- Provincial and municipal institutions
- Informal sources of power
These maps describe selected formal national relationships, not every informal source of political power.
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