Abdulrahman al-Sudais

Abdulrahman Bin Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah al-Sudais (born in 1962) is the Honorable President of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, and he is one of the preachers (Khatib) of the Two Holy Mosques. He was also the ‘khatib’ on the pulpit of Namirah Mosque in Arafat.

Abdulrahman al-Sudais was born in the city of Riyadh, where he lived and completed his education. He memorized the Quran at the age of twelve and graduated from the College of Sharia in 1983. After graduation, he was appointed a teaching assistant in the Department of Fundamentals of Jurisprudence. He then obtained a Master's degree from Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, followed by a doctorate from Umm al-Qura University in the College of Sharia. He also earned a professorship in the specialization of Fundamentals of Jurisprudence from the same university and worked as a professor there in 2012.

The directive to appoint Abdulrahman al-Sudais as an Imam and Khatib at the Grand Mosque was issued in 1984. The royal order to appoint him as the General President of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, at the rank of Minister, was issued in 2012. Following the establishment of an independent agency named the Presidency of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, which is organizationally affiliated with the king, a royal order was issued on August 8, 2023, appointing al-Sudais as its president at the rank of minister.

Al-Sudais is the General Supervisor of the Imam al-Dawah Scientific Collaborative Charitable Complex in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and the supervisor of the Chair of Studies of Fiqh Fundamentals and Sharia Purposes at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. He was awarded the Islamic Personality of the Year by the Dubai International Holy Quran Award in 2006.