Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA; Arabic: وزارة الخارجية Wizārat al-Khārijīyah) is the ministry responsible for handling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Foreign affairs. It was created in 1930 by a royal decree issued by King Abdulaziz Al Saud. King Abdulaziz appointed his son, Prince Faisal, as the first foreign minister of Saudi Arabia.^[1][2]

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

وزارة الخارجية السعودية
Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the current Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2019
Agency overview
Formed	1930; 95 years ago (1930)
Preceding agency	Directorate General for Foreign Affairs
Jurisdiction	Government of Saudi Arabia
Headquarters	Nasseriya Street, Riyadh
Agency executive	Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Child agency	Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute of Diplomatic Studies
Website	Official English Site

Ministers of Foreign Affairs

The following is the list of foreign ministers since its foundation:

No.	Image	Name	Took office	Left office	King
1		Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	19 December 1930	22 December 1960	Abdulaziz (1932–1953) Saud (1953–1964)
2		Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel	22 December 1960	16 March 1962	Saud (1953–1964)
3		Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	16 March 1962	25 March 1975	Saud (1953–1964) Himself (1964–1975)
4		Saud bin Faisal Al Saud	13 October 1975	29 April 2015	Khalid (1975–1982) Fahd (1982–2005) Abdullah (2005–2015) Salman (2015–2015)
5		Adel al-Jubeir	29 April 2015	27 December 2018	Salman (2015–present)
6		Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf	27 December 2018	23 October 2019	Salman (2015–present)
7		Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud[3]	23 October 2019	Present	Salman (2015–present)