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His Excellency   Musaed Bin Mohammed al-Aiban has been the Minister of State of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since 1995, a member of the Council of Ministers , the Council of Political and Security Affairs (CPSA) , and the Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA) , the national security adviser, and the first chairman of the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) since its establishment in October 2017. His education He graduated with a bachelor’s in Law from Harvard University in t...

His Excellency   Adel Bin Ahmed al-Jubeir , (born on February 1, 1962) has been the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, a Member of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since 2018, and a Climate Affairs Envoy since 2022. 1 2 He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and was Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the United States of America. 3 Adel al-Jubeir’s academic qualifications He was born in Al-Majmaah Governorate , affiliated with  Riyadh Provinc...

His Excellency   Bandar Bin Ibrahim Bin Abdullah al-Khorayef has been the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since August 30, 2019, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Local Content and Government Procurement Authority since August 23, 2020. He is the first minister appointed to head the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources after its independence from the Ministry of Energy . His education He completed his university studies with a bachelo...

His Excellency Ahmed Bin Sulaiman   al-Rajhi (born in 1967) has been the Saudi Minister of Human Resources and Social Development since 2018. 1 2 He is the first minister to hold the portfolio of Human Resources and Social Development after its name was changed by a Royal Order to merge the Ministry of Civil Service with the Ministry of Labor and Social Development under its current name. 3 4 Education of Ahmed al-Rajhi Ahmed al-Rajhi obtained a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering f...

His Excellency   Ahmed Bin Aqeel al-Khateeb (born in 1965) has been the Minister of Tourism of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since February 25, 2020. He was the first minister to lead the Ministry of Tourism in the Kingdom and the first chairman of the General Entertainment Authority from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as Minister of Health for three months in 2015. His education Born in Riyadh , he finished his undergraduate education with a bachelor's in Business Administration fr...

His Excellency   Yousef Bin Abdullah al-Benyan has been the Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since September 27, 2022, and the chairman of the Council of Universities’ Affairs. His education He received a bachelor's in Economics from Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University , a master's in Industrial Management, and an executive degree from MIT Sloan School of Management. His positions He served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Basic...

His Excellency   Faisal Bin Fadhil Alibrahim has been the Minister of Economy and Planning of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since May 3, 2021, and the chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Infrastructure Fund since February 6, 2024. His education He holds a master's in Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in addition to a bachelor's in Economics, a second bachelor's in Accounting, and a minor in Management Information Systems from Pe...

His Excellency Saleh Bin Abdulaziz Bin Mohammed Al al-Sheikh (born in 1959) is Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers and the Council of Political and Security Affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and a former Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance . His upbringing and education He was born in the city of Riyadh . He is the grandson of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al al-Sheikh, the former Mufti of the Kingdom. He completed his basic education in the capital, Riyadh. H...

His Excellency   Issam Bin Saad Bin Saeed is a Minister of State and a member of the Council of Ministers for Shura  Affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His appointment was issued by Royal Order on January 13, 2022. He participated in the preparation of the Law of the Council of Ministers, issued in 1993, and chaired the committee formed to review the laws affected by the organizational arrangements of the judiciary and dispute resolution bodies. His education He obtained his Bachelor...

Ali al-Qarni (born in 1992), serves as a fighter pilot in the Royal Saudi Air Force and is an astronaut representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the aerospace sector. He is a scientific mission specialist, part of the Ax-2 mission crew to the International Space Station, marking the second private astronaut mission for Axiom Space to the International Space Station (ISS). Al-Qarni has experience in aircraft operations control and real-time modifications, with a focus on managing multiple mis...

Rayyanah Barnawi is the first Saudi and Arab Muslim female astronaut representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the space sector. She is a member of the crew for the AX-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which is the second dedicated crew mission to the ISS. Rayyanah Barnawi's biography Rayyanah Barnawi is a laboratory research specialist. She earned the first honor rank for a Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences from King Faisal University in the Kingdom, and befo...

His Excellency Salman Bin Yousef al-Dosari (born in 1968) has been the Minister of Media in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since March 5, 2023. Academic and career life He was born in al-Khobar, Eastern Province , and obtained a bachelor's degree in management and economics. He held several positions throughout his professional journey, which began in 1998 at the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (currently known as the Saudi Research and Media Group ). He initially worked with Al-Eqtisad...