Mansour Al-Mushaiti, deputy minister of environment, water and agriculture

Mansour Al-Mushaiti
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Updated 18 May 2020
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Mansour Al-Mushaiti, deputy minister of environment, water and agriculture

Mansour Al-Mushaiti has been deputy minister of environment, water and agriculture since April 2017.

He is also a board member of the Human Resources Development Fund, the General Authority for Statistics, the General Investment Authority and the Saudi Council for Engineers.

Al-Mushaiti received a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from King Saud University in 1997. Nine years later, he completed his master’s degree in the same field.

From 1997 to 2005, he was appointed to the project execution department of the Saudi Electricity Co. Al-Mushaiti has also been a member of various organizations, such as the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization and the Electricity & Cogeneration Regulatory Authority, where he was the director general of economic and tariff affairs from 2005 to 2015.

From December 2015, he was the undersecretary for planning and development at what was then called the Ministry of Water and Electricity, before taking on the same role at the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) for one year, beginning in April 2016.

Additionally, he has been a member of both the supervisory committee of the King Abdullah Initiative for Solar Water Desalination, and the administrative committee of the Saudi National Energy Efficiency Program. Al-Mushaiti has greatly contributed to developing MEWA’s vision and strategic objectives. He also helped in restructuring the ministry in line with these objectives.

He has recently held a virtual meeting with the ministry’s branch directors across the country to follow up on projects, and to ensure these branches are effectively providing their beneficiaries with the best possible services.

Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti’s Twitter handle is @mansourmushaiti.


Saudi Arabia says recent STC military movements in Hadramout, Al-Mahra were unilateral, uncoordinated

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Saudi Arabia says recent STC military movements in Hadramout, Al-Mahra were unilateral, uncoordinated

  • Saudi Arabia said the moves harmed the interests of the Yemeni people, as well as the southern cause and the coalition’s efforts.
  • The Kingdom said it coordinated with the United Arab Emirates, the president of the Presidential Leadership Council, and the Yemeni government to contain the situation.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday said that recent military movements in the Yemeni governorates of Hadramout and Al-Mahra carried out by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) were conducted unilaterally and without coordination with the Presidential Leadership Council or the coalition leadership.

“These movements resulted in an unjustified escalation that harmed the interests of all segments of Yemeni people, as well as the Southern cause and the coalition’s efforts,” read a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency.

The statement said Saudi Arabia has always prioritized preserving the unity of Yemen throughout recent developments, and that the Kingdom has spared no effort to reach peaceful solutions to resolve the situation in both governorates.

In this context, “the Kingdom worked with the brotherly United Arab Emirates, the president of the Presidential Leadership Council and the brotherly Yemeni government to contain the situation.

“A joint military team was sent from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to put the necessary arrangements in place with the Southern Transitional Council in Aden. These arrangements were made to ensure the return of the Southern Transitional Council forces to their previous positions outside the two governorates and hand over the camps in those areas to the Nation Shield Forces and the local authorities, in accordance with organized procedures under the supervision of the coalition forces.”

The statement said that these efforts remain in progress to restore the situation to its previous state.

Saudi Arabia also said it “hopes public interest will prevail through ending the escalation by the Southern Transitional Council and the withdrawal of its forces from the two governorates in an urgent and orderly manner.”