Dr. Fahad Sulaiman Altekhaifi was recently appointed a member of Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council.
Before his appointment, Altekhaifi served as president of the General Authority for Statistics between 2016 and 2020.
He also served as chairman of the board for the Statistical Center for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), and also represented Saudi Arabia as a board member of the International Comparative Program (Statistical Division – UN).
Altekhaifi also served as assistant deputy minister for development at the Ministry of Labor from 2011 to 2016. Before that, he headed the research department of the Capital Market Authority from 2007 to 2011. He supervised and followed up projects at Zhair Fayez Partnership – Consultant and was a statistical adviser for Economic Studies House, where he directed and supervised the study “The nationalization of private education jobs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”
He has published papers in the field of statistics in a number of journals including the Egyptian Journal of Statistics, the Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Public Administration Magazine, among many others. His papers focused on several key issues, such as the control of statistical processes for monitoring logistic models and probability permutation models.
Altekhaifi obtained a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from King Saud University. He received a master’s degree in statistics from Colorado State University, US.
He completed a Ph.D. in applied statistics and research methodology from the University of Northern Colorado, US.
Dr. Fahad Sulaiman Altekhaifi, Shoura Council member
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Dr. Fahad Sulaiman Altekhaifi, Shoura Council member
Saudi Cabinet reviews cooperation and agreements with other nations
- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairs meeting and briefs ministers on his recent meeting with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
- Cooperative efforts includes projects focusing on development and education, political consultations, environmental protection, health, investment and air transport
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers reviewed a number of domestic and international matters during a session in Jeddah on Tuesday chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The crown prince briefed the Cabinet on his recent meeting with the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, which included discussions about regional security and stability, the latest developments in the Middle East, and other topics of importance to the Arab and Islamic world, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
He also shared with ministers the contents of a letter he received from the president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
The council discussed progress in cooperative efforts involving Saudi Arabia and other countries including Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Estonia, Cuba and Kiribati, and approved a number of memorandums of understanding.
The cooperation includes projects focusing on development and education, political consultations, environmental protection, health, investment and air-transport services, the press agency said. Ministers also approved an agreement between the Saudi General Authority for Awqaf and its Omani counterpart relating to endowments.
They reviewed national initiatives, including one for the promotion of charitable work, and the enhancement of humanitarian and developmental efforts across the country.
A merger of the National Competitiveness Center with the Saudi Center for Economic Business to create a combined Saudi Competitiveness and Business Center was authorized.
