Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Al-Luhaidan has been appointed as president of the Saudi Supreme Court.
The Kingdom’s King Salman issued a number of royal decrees earlier this week that ordered a restructuring of the Council of Senior Scholars, the Shoura Council and the Supreme Court.
The decrees included the appointment of Al-Luhaidan as president of the Supreme Court, with the rank of minister.
The royal decrees also appointed 20 people to the Council of Senior Scholars, headed by the Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh.
Within the Shoura Council, 150 members were appointed and will be led by Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Asheikh.
Al-Luhaidan holds a bachelor’s degree in Shariah from Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh. He also pursued a master’s degree there in the same field. Al-Luhaidan holds a doctoral degree in comparative jurisprudence from the same university.
His experience in court was gained through decades of practice. He served as Judicial Lt. at the Ministry of Justice, Rank 40. He then climbed the judge rankings, from C to A, and became a court attorney.
Al-Luhaidan served as a judge at the Riyadh General Court with the rank of President of Court A. He worked as a judge in the General Directorate of Judicial Inspection with the same rank. Al-Luhaidan also served as appeal judge at the Court of Appeal in the Tabuk region, then was president of a Court of Appeal.
Finally, he served as judge at the Supreme Court with the
rank of appeal judge before his recent appointment.