Born: 1946
- LL.B. Beirut Arab University 1968
- M.A. Political Science, Portland University, USA, 1971
- M.A. Political Science, Duke University, USA, 1975
- Ph.D. Political Science, Duke University, USA, 1976
Posts held:
- Assistant Professor, King Saud University, 1976
- Assistant Deputy Minister of Information, 1977
- Deputy Minister of Industry, 1979
- Deputy Minister of Information 1980
- Minister of Information 1995
- Minister of Culture and Information from May, 2003 to February, 2005
- Minister of Hajj from February, 2005
