Assaf bin Salem bin Faisal Abu Thuneen has been a Shoura Council member since January 2013.
Abu Thuneen has served in various positions at the office of the Riyadh governor. He has been working as a special adviser to the Riyadh governor since 2012, and the director general of the special office of the Riyadh governor since 2015.
Moreover, Abu Thuneen was also the secretary to the chairman of the special committee for Afghanistan, and the secretary-general of the civil committee for celebrations and official conferences in Riyadh.
He is also a member of the board of directors of the Prince Salman Charity Association in Riyadh, a founding member of Prince Salman Emergency Center in Riyadh, and the Ramah Charity Society.
Abu Thuneen holds a bachelor’s degree in geography from the faculty of arts at King Saud University.
He also attended several specialized training courses in the field of financial analysis, credit risk assessment, management of investment portfolios and management and leadership skills.
He is also the chairman of the Saudi-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Committee and led a Saudi delegation during a visit to Egypt.
Egypt’s Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal on Sunday received the Saudi delegation.
Abu Thuneen praised the hospitality that the delegation received in Egypt, and stressed the importance of developing and strengthening bilateral relations.
Abdel Aal stressed the strong and deep-rooted historical ties between the two countries’ leaderships and peoples.
He expressed hope that the delegation’s visit will contribute to bolstering bilateral relations, especially those between the Shoura Council and Egypt’s Parliament.
During the meeting, he presented an overview of the parliament, discussed investments in Egypt, and expressed hope for more energy cooperation between the two countries.
FaceOf: Assaf bin Salem bin Faisal Abu Thuneen, Saudi Shoura Council member
FaceOf: Assaf bin Salem bin Faisal Abu Thuneen, Saudi Shoura Council member
- He is the chairman of the Saudi-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Committee and led a Saudi delegation during a visit to Egypt
Saudi Arabia pays Yemeni government $346.6m to meet salary shortfall
- The payment is part of the Kingdom’s ongoing work to promote stability and development for the Yemenis
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has provided $346.6 million to help pay Yemeni government employees the massive shortfall in their salaries.
The payment, under a ruling by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, was delivered through the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction of Yemen (SDRPY).
The payment is part of the Kingdom’s ongoing work to promote stability and development for the Yemenis, the SDRPY said in a statement released on its X.com account.
The statement added that the initiative aimed to strengthen economic, financial and monetary stability in Yemen, enhance the capacity of government institutions, improve governance and transparency, and enable the private sector to drive sustainable economic growth.
Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council chairman Rashad Al-Alimi thanked the Saudi royals for the support, describing it as an extension of the Kingdom’s longstanding support for the Yemeni people.
And Al-Alimi said the support sent a message of confidence in Yemen’s path of recovery as well as the in the government’s ability to strengthen national institutions and reinforce security and stability.
Adding that Yemen’s ongoing partnership with Saudi Arabia represented an important choice for a more stable future.
And he called for a unified effort to support the reconstruction of the country’s instituions, as well as improve living conditions and advance economic and social development.
