Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi
Saudi government official, ambassador and poet (1940–2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi (Arabic: غازي بن عبدالرحمن القصيبي; 3 March 1940 – 15 August 2010) was a Saudi politician, diplomat, technocrat, poet, and novelist. He was an intellectual and a member of the Al Gosaibi family that is one of the oldest and richest trading families of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Al Gosaibi was considered among Saudi Arabia's topmost technocrats since the mid-1970s. The Majalla called him the "Godfather of Renovation"[1] while Saudi journalist Othman Al Omeir argued that he was "the only great man in Saudi Arabia."[2]
Quick Facts Minister of Labor, Prime Minister ...
Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi | |
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Minister of Labor | |
In office 13 April 2004 – 15 August 2010 | |
Prime Minister | King Fahd King Abdullah |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Adel Fakeih |
Minister of Water and Electricity | |
In office September 2002 – April 2004 | |
Prime Minister | King Fahd |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Abdullah Al Hussain |
Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland | |
In office 1992–2002 | |
Prime Minister | King Fahd |
Preceded by | Nasser Almanquor |
Ambassador to Bahrain | |
In office 1984–1992 | |
Prime Minister | King Fahd |
Minister of Health | |
In office 1983–1984 | |
Prime Minister | King Fahd |
Preceded by | Husain Aljazaeri |
Succeeded by | Faisal Alhujailan |
Minister of Industry and Electricity | |
In office 1976–1983 | |
Prime Minister | King Khalid King Fahd |
Personal details | |
Born | (1940-03-03)3 March 1940 Hofuf, Saudi Arabia |
Died | 15 August 2010(2010-08-15) (aged 70) Riyadh |
Resting place | Al Oud cemetery |
Alma mater | University of Cairo University of Southern California University College London |
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