JEDDAH, 12 April 2005 — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd yesterday reshuffled the Shoura Council by inducting experienced professionals and increasing its membership from 120 to 150. He also issued a series of royal decrees extending the terms of ministers, governors and top officials.
Dr. Saleh Bin-Humaid will continue as chairman of the Shoura, the Saudi Press Agency said quoting a royal decree. Dr. Saleh ibn Abdullah Al-Malik is the new secretary-general, who replaces Dr. Hamoud Al-Badr, who held the post since the consultative body’s inception in 1992.
Mahmoud ibn Abdullah Taiba is the new vice chairman and Dr. Saleh ibn Saud Al-Ali assistant chairman.
As per the royal decrees, Prince Abdul Rahman, deputy minister of defense and aviation, will continue in the position for another four years. Other princes who received extensions were: Prince Badr, deputy commander of the National Guard, Prince Ahmed, deputy interior minister, and Prince Fahd ibn Abdullah, assistant minister of defense and aviation for civil aviation affairs.
Governors Prince Salman of Riyadh, Prince Muhammad ibn Saud of Baha, Prince Khaled Al-Faisal of Asir, Prince Faisal ibn Bandar of Qasim, Prince Muhammad ibn Fahd of the Eastern Province, Prince Fahd ibn Sultan of Tabuk and Prince Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Jalawi of Northern Border Province were also given four-year extensions.
Prince Saud ibn Fahd will continue as deputy director of intelligence, Prince Turki ibn Sultan as deputy minister of culture and information, Prince Abdul Aziz ibn Muhammad Al-Muqrin as mayor of Riyadh, Fahd ibn Muammar, governor of Taif, Abdul Aziz Al-Hosain, mayor of Madinah, Dr. Ali Al-Ghafees, governor of the General Organization for Technical Educational and Vocational Training, Dr. Khaled Nahhas, mayor of Makkah for another four years.
Sheikh Saleh Al-Laheedan, chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council, also got a four-year extension, SPA said. Among the top officials who received four-year extension were: Hamad Al-Sayyari, governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Muhammad Al-Asheikh, chief of the royal protocols, Muhammad Al-Nuwaiser, chief of the royal court, and Ibrahim Al-Anqari, the king’s personal adviser.
Dhaifallah ibn Faris Al-Otaibi has been appointed the new mayor of Dammam and Abdul Rahman Al-Sadhan, secretary-general of the Council of Ministers, and Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah Al-Salim, adviser at the royal court. Ten members on the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars were given four-year extensions. King Fahd appointed eight more scholars as its new members.
The new Shoura members are: Ibrahim ibn Suleiman Balghaneim, Ibrahim ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Baleihi, Dr. Ibrahim ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Mishaal, Dr. Ibrahim ibn Abdullah Al-Ibrahim, Rtd. Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Al-Maiman, Dr. Ibrahim ibn Isa Al-Eisa, Ehsan ibn Jaafar Faqeeh, Dr. Ahmed ibn Saad Al-Mufreh, Dr. Ahmed ibn Abdullah Aseery, Dr. Ahmed ibn Muhammad Al-Dhubaib, Dr. Ahmed ibn Muhammad Al-Saif, Ahmed ibn Yousuf Al-Turki, Dr. Osama ibn Hamza Abu Gharara, Osama Kurdi, Dr. Asaad ibn Suleiman Abdu, Ismail ibn Ibrahim Al-Shouri, Dr. Basim ibn Ahmed Al-Ibrahim, Dr. Bakr Khushaim, Dr. Bandar ibn Muhammad Hejar, Dr. Bandar ibn Muhammad Al-Aiban, Dr. Jassem ibn Muhammad Al-Ansari, Dr. Hatim ibn Arif Al-Sharief, Dr. Huzam ibn Hazza Al-Ghameesi, Hassan ibn Abdullah Al-Shahri, Hamad ibn Duaij Al-Duaij, Hamad ibn Abdullah Al-Qadi.
Hamdi ibn Hamza Abu Zaid, Dr. Hamoud Al-Badr, Dr. Khaled Al-Awad, Dr. Khaled ibn Ahmed Bubasheet, Dr. Khaled ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Saif, Dr. Khaled ibn Abdullah Al-Turki, Dr. Khidr ibn Olayan Al-Qurashi, Dr. Khalil ibn Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim, Dr. Khalil ibn Abdullah Al-Khalil, Dr. Rashid ibn Hamad Al-Kuthairy, Dr. Zainul Abideen ibn Abdullah Barry, Dr. Salim ibn Khalaf Al-Qurashi, Salim ibn Rashid Al-Marry, Dr. Salim ibn Ali Al-Qahtani, Dr. Siraj ibn Abdul Ghani Meera, Dr. Saad ibn Sharie Al-Harbi, Dr. Saud ibn Humaid Al-Subaie, Saud ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Shammary, Dr. Saeed ibn Hamad Al-Hajri, Dr. Saeed ibn Tarad Jarman, Suleiman Awad Al-Zayedi, Dr. Suleiman ibn Matel Al-Sharary, Dr. Suwailem ibn Auda Al-Howaiti, Shubaili ibn Majdoue Al-Qarni, Dr. Shuwais ibn Saud Al-Motairy, Dr. Saleh ibn Jassem Al-Dossary, Dr. Saleh ibn Zabin Al-Baqami, Saleh ibn Eid Al-Hosaini, Maj. Gen. Dr. Saleh Al-Zahrani, Dr. Sadaqa ibn Yahya Fadhel, Dr. Talal ibn Hassan Bakri, Dr. Talal ibn Mahmoud Dhahi, Dr. Abid ibn Muhammad Al-Sufyani, Azib ibn Saeed Al-Misbal, Aamir ibn Awad Al-Motairy, Dr. Aaid ibn Banih Al-Radadi, Dr. Abdul Jaleel ibn Ali Al-Saif, Abdul Rahman ibn Ahmed Al-Yami, Dr. Abdul Rahman ibn Hamoud Al-Qadhib, Dr. Abdul Rahman ibn Saleh Al-Atram, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Suwailem, Dr. Abdul Rahman ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Dawood, Abdul Rahman ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Othman, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Zamil, Dr. Abdul Rahman ibn Abdullah Al-Barrak, Dr. Abdul Rahman ibn Abdullah Al-Mushaikeh, Dr. Abdul Rahman ibn Fareeh Al-Tamimi, Dr. Abdul Rahman ibn Muhammad Al-Asimi, Dr. Abdul Rahman ibn Nasser Al-Atwi, Dr. Abdul Aziz ibn Ibrahim Al-Manie, Dr. Abdul Aziz ibn Dakhil Al-Haidary, Dr. Abdul Aziz ibn Salim Al-Harithy, Dr. Abdul Aziz ibn Saud Al-Anazi, Dr. Abdul Aziz Shafi Al-Otaibi, Dr. Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Thunayyan, Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Rabeea, Dr. Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Nasrallah, Dr. Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah Al-Mulhem, Dr. Abdul Aziz Khayyat, Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Dukhayyel, Abdul Aziz ibn Muhammad Al-Tuwaijeri and Abdul Aziz ibn Nasser Binbaz.
Other members are: Dr. Abdul Aziz ibn Naif Al-Araier, Rtd. Maj. Gen. Abdul Qader Kamal, Dr. Abdullah ibn Ahmed Al-Feefi, Dr. Abdullah ibn Barjes Al-Dossary, Dr. Abdullah Dahlan, Dr. Abdullah Al-Othaimeen, Dr. Abdullah ibn Saud Al-Tuwaireki, Abdullah ibn Saeed Abumilha, Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Madi, Dr. Abdullah Al-Dhufairy, Dr. Abdullah ibn MohsenAl-Hadli, Dr. Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al-Ajlan, Dr. Abdullah ibn Yahya Bukhari, Abdul Mohsen Al-Zakari, Abdul Mohsen Al-Obaikan, Dr. Adnan ibn Muhammad Wazzan, Dr. Ali ibn Dabkel Al-Anazi, Dr. Ali ibn Abbas Hekami, Dr. Ali ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Khudairy, Dr. Amr ibn Ibrahim Rajab, Farhan ibn Raghyan Al-Balawi, Dr. Falah ibn Faraj Al-Subaie, Dr. Fahad ibn Muetad Al-Hamad, Dr. Fahd ibn Jaber Al-Shammary, Dr. Fahd ibn Abdullah Al-Rashoudi, Dr. Fahd ibn Nasser Al-Aboud, Dr. Faisal ibn Abdul Qader Taher, Dr. Qadi ibn Muhammad Al-Oqaili, Dr. Majed ibn Abdullah Al-Muneef, Dr. Mazin Balela, Dr. Majdi ibn Muhammad Hariri, Dr. Mohsen ibn Ali Al-Hazmi, Dr. Mohsen ibn Muhammad Al-Tamim, Dr. Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Holwa, Dr. Muhammad Ehsan Bu-Halaiga, Dr. Muhammad ibn Amin Al-Jafri, Muhammad ibn Hussein Qaroob, Dr. Muhammad Al-Qunaibet, Muhammad Reza Nasrallah, Dr. Muhammad ibn Zamil Al-Sharief, Muhammad ibn Saad Al-Saadan, Muhammad ibn Saad Al-Bawaridi, Muhammad ibn Suleiman Al-Mohwes, Dr. Muhammad Al-Zulfa, Dr. Muhammad Arafa, Dr. Muhammad Al-Ghamdi, Muhammad Al-Quwaihes, Dr. Muhammad Al-Idrissi, Brig Gen. Muhammad Abusaq, Musaed Al-Anqari, Manahi Al-Ajami, Dr. Mansour Kadsa, Mansour Abdul Ghaffar, Nasser Al-Saeed, Nasser Al-Ajami, Dr. Naif Al-Motairy, Dr. Walid Arab Hashim, Dr. Yazid Al-Ouhali, Yousuf Al-Maimani and Yousuf Kentab.
