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Mohammed Bin Jubair
Mohammed bin Ibrahim bin Jubair (1929-2002) was a Saudi judge and government minister. He was the chairman of the Majlis ash-Shura (Consultative Assembly) of Saudi Arabia from 1992 to 2002. He was born in 1929 in Al-Mujamma. In 1953, he got a degree on Islamic law from Umm al-Qura University in Makkah. He served as a judge in Makkah and Riyadh. In 1989, he was appointed Minister of Justice in 1989. In 1992, he was appointed as the chairman of the newly re-constituted Majlis ash-Shura In Arab culture, a Majlis-ash-Shura (; Shura Council in English) is an advisory council or consultative council. In Islamic context, the Majlis-ash-Shura is one of two ways that a khalifa (Islamic leader) may be selected, the other way being by no ..., and he held that position until his death in early 2002. He died on 24 January 2002 in Riyadh. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jubair, Mohammed bin Ibrahim bin Saudi Arabian politicians 1929 births 2002 deaths Justice ministers of Saudi Arabia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consultative Assembly Of Saudi Arabia
The Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia (), also known as ''Majlis ash-Shura'' or ''The Shura Council'', is the formal advisory body of Saudi Arabia. It was originally founded in 1924 as the National Council during the Sultanate of Nejd, It was later renamed to Consultative Assembly in 1992 following the issuance of the Basic Law of Governance, marking its establishment in its modern form as a legislative advisory body. It is a deliberative assembly that advises the King on issues that are important to the kingdom. It has the power to propose laws to the King of Saudi Arabia and his cabinet to approve it and pass it. It has 150 members, all appointed by the king and chosen "from amongst scholars, those of knowledge, expertise and specialists". Since 2013, the Assembly has included 30 female members out of the total of 150 members, after a 20 percent minimum quota for women was imposed. Influence The Consultative Assembly is permitted to propose draft laws and forward them to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; 1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982. He was the eighth son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. Fahd was the eldest of the Sudairi Seven, the sons of King Abdulaziz by Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi. He served as minister of education from 1953 to 1962 during the reign of King Saud. Afterwards he was minister of interior from 1962 to 1975, at the end of King Saud's reign and throughout King Faisal's reign. He was appointed crown prince when his half-brother Khalid became king following the assassination of King Faisal in 1975. Fahd was viewed as the ''de facto'' leader of the country during King Khalid's reign in part due to the latter's ill health. Upon the death of King Khalid in 1982, Fahd ascended to the throne. He is credited for having introduced the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salih Bin Abdullah Al Humaid
Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Ḥumayd (; born 1949), is a Saudi Arabian Imam and politician. He is currently one of the nine Imams of Grand Mosque of Mecca. He is also member of Assembly of Saudi Arabia since 1993 and had served Speaker of Majlis al Shura from February 2002 to February 2009. Biography Salih Humaid is member of Saudi Majlis al Shura (Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia) since 1993 and the Speaker of Majlis al Shura from February 2002 to February 2009. He is currently imam of Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque of Mecca). He is also a member of the Arabic Language Academy in Mecca, and the President of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah. He won the 2016 Service to Islam award from the King Faisal International Prize The King Faisal Prize (, formerly King Faisal International Prize), is an annual award sponsored by King Faisal Foundation presented to "dedicated men and women whose contributions make a positive difference". The foundation awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Justice (Saudi Arabia)
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ; ) is a government agency in Saudi Arabia that was established in 1970 by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. The ministry oversees the court system of the Saudi Arabia and any associated prosecutorial services, and fulfill their financial and administrative requirements. Other responsibilities include appointing judges and providing licenses to attorneys, translators, and legal experts. According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2019, the Kingdom ranked 16th globally, 8 places higher than the previous year in the judicial independence index, and in terms of the efficiency of the legal framework for dispute resolution, the Kingdom jumped 4 places to rank 17th globally, while it remained in 11th place in the index of "harmonization of the legal framework for digital business", and in the efficiency of the legal framework for challenging regulations, it advanced 11 places to rank 18th globally. By 2020 and in line with the Saudi Transformation Program, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad Al Ash-Sheikh
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh (; 1920-2006) was a leading Salafi scholar in Saudi Arabia and minister of justice between 1975 and 1990. Background Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh was born into the noted family of Saudi religious scholars, the Al ash-Sheikh, descendants of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the influential Muslim scholar.; He was the eldest son of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia until 1969. Career Ibrahim ibn Muhammad was one of the most influential religious leaders in the early 1970s. He maintained a close relationship with King Faisal, with whom he met on a weekly basis. He believed that Saudi Arabia should take a leading role in the Arab world and pushed for Saudi involvement in war with Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Al Ash-Sheikh
Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh (; born 1948) is the chairman of the Majlis ash-Shura (Consultative Assembly) of Saudi Arabia since February 2009. He was the minister of Justice from February 1992 to February 2009. Background and education Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh is a member of a noted family of Saudi religious scholars, the Al ash-Sheikh. He was born in Diriyah in 1948 and was educated by his father, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh former and the first Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. He also studied the interpretation of the Quran and jurisprudence principles with the late Sheikh Abdulrazaq Afifi. He attended the Shariah College in Riyadh (later renamed Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University) and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Sharia in 1975. He then studied Sharia at Al-Azhar University in Cairo and returned to Saudi Arabia to obtain a doctorate degree in 1987. He earned his PhD degree in Fiqh from Imam Mohammed bin Saudi University in 1987. Career A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Majma'ah
Al Majma'ah () is a city and a governorate in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. It is located at around , and it is the capital of the Sudair region. The city has an area of 30,000 square kilometres. The population of the town is around 70,000, while the population of the governorate as a whole is 151,877 (2022). Al-Majma'ah Governorate borders the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province and Al-Qassim Province to the north, Thadig and Shaqra to the south, Rumah Governorate, Rumah to the east, and Al-Ghat and Al Zulfi, Al-Zulfi to the west. Founded in 1417 Common Era, CE by an immigrant from the Al-shammari tribe, Al-Majma'ah was historically considered the capital of the region of Sudair. It was an attractive place for many tribes such as Anazah and Shammar compared to Southern Sudair cities that had tribes such as Banu Tamim. The city today contains a museum as well as an impressive mud-brick fort that dates to the 18th century. The city is covered in green during spring, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umm Al-Qura University
Umm al-Qura University (UQU; ) is a public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The university was established as the College of Sharia (Islamic law) in 1949 during the reign of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud before being joined by new colleges and renamed as Umm al-Qura through a royal decree in 1981. UQU started primarily as an Islamic university offering degrees in Islamic Law and Arabic language studies. It now offers more courses in such diverse subjects as Technology Management, Business Management, Islamic Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Technology, Medicine, Education, Architecture, as well various Applied, Social and Engineering Sciences. In 2015, the UQU annual budget hovered around ''SR 3 billion'' (US$801,399,900). Colleges *College of Da'wa 'Islamic Call' and Fundamentals of Religion The College of Da'wa 'Islamic Call' and Fundamentals of Religion was established on 21/12/1401 A.H (20 October 1981) by the Royal Decree No. 27278/32/3. This college is considered as an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia, the largest in the Middle East, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 12th-largest in the world. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the south. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of Geography of Saudi Arabia, its terrain consists of Arabian Desert, arid desert, lowland, steppe, and List of mountains in Saudi Arabia, mountains. The capital and List of cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabian Politicians
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Saudi or Saudi Arabian may refer to: * Saudi Arabia * Saudis, people from Saudi Arabia * Saudi culture, the culture of Saudi Arabia * House of Saud, the ruling family of Saudi Arabia See also *Saud (other) The House of Saud The House of Saud ( ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi State, (1727–1818), and his brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Births
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
