FaceOf: Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, vice chairman of Saudi-Kuwaiti Parliamentary Friendship Committee

Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi
Updated 08 January 2019
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FaceOf: Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, vice chairman of Saudi-Kuwaiti Parliamentary Friendship Committee

  • Al-Ghamdi holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from King Saud University in Riyadh
  • Al-Ghamdi also received a Ph.D. in economics from Colorado State University

Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi is vice chairman of Saudi-Kuwaiti Parliamentary Friendship Committee and has been a member of the Saudi Shoura Council since his appointment in 2013. 

Previously, Al-Ghamdi served as an adviser to the office of the energy, industry and mineral resources minister for 19 years from 1993 to 2012. He also served as a part-time consultant with the minister of economy and planning. 

He was an associate professor at the administration department of King Abdul Aziz Military Academy in Riyadh from 1983 to 1993. 

Al-Ghamdi holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from King Saud University in Riyadh. He completed a master’s degree in economics at the University of Denver in the US. 

He also received a Ph.D. in economics from Colorado State University, where he worked as an associate professor for one year in 1990. 

Al-Ghamdi is a member of several national and international committees including the joint working group on petroleum cooperation with Korea, Britain, India, China and Japan, and Saudi Arabia’s petroleum strategy modernization committee.

He is a member of the Saudi team on the OPEC economic committee and a member of the Saudi delegation in ministerial meetings of OPEC.

Al-Ghamdi will lead a Shoura Council delegation on an official visit to Kuwait on Tuesday.


‘We feel safe here,’ Saudi resident as US-Iran conflict escalates

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‘We feel safe here,’ Saudi resident as US-Iran conflict escalates

Residents in Saudi Arabia said they feel safe in the Kingdom on Sunday (March 1), following attacks from Israel and the US on Iran, which retaliated with attacks on Israel and nearby US targets in Arab Gulf cities.

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in the attacks which began on Saturday, state media reported.

Witnesses reported blasts in the Dubai area and over Doha for a second day on Sunday.

Iran's retaliation for US-Israeli strikes forced major regional airports, including Dubai, to shut amid one of the worst instances of aviation disruption in years.