General Directorate of Public Security (), formerly General Directorate of Police (), are the civilian police force under the
Ministry of Interior
An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement.
In some states, th ...
responsible for law enforcement in
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 ...
.
Sections
* Special Tasks And Duties
* Traffic department
* Police department
* Department of research and investigation
* Criminal evidence department
Leadership
* Hassan Faqi Bey (1926-1926)
* Abdul Aziz bin Saleh Al-Baghdadi (1927-1928)
* Murad Al-Ikhtiyar (1928-1928)
* Mahdi bin Qadri bin Saleh Qalaji (1928-1946)
* Ali Jameel (1946-1952)
* Talat Wafa (1952-1956)
* Ghalib Tawfiq (1956-1958)
* Sulaiman bin Hamad Al Jared (1958-1960)
* Ahmed Mustafa Yaghmour (1960-1966)
* Mohamed Eltayeb Eltounsi (1966-1975)
* Fayez Mohammed Al-Aoufi (1975-1980)
* Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Sheikh (1980-1991)
* Ahmed Mohammed Bilal (1991-1998)
* Asaad bin Abdul Karim Al-Furaih (1998-2003)
* Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani (2003-2014)
* Othman bin Nasser Al-Muhrej (2014-2017)
* Saud Abdulaziz Al Hilal (2017-2019)
* Khaled bin Qarar Al Harbi (2019-2022)
* Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani (2022-2022)
* Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Bassami (2022-Present)
Special Forces
There are forces report to the General Directorate of Public Security.
These are as follows:
*Roads security special forces.
* Diplomatic security special forces.
*
Hajj
Hajj (; ; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for capable Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetim ...
and
Umrah
The Umrah () is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. It can be undertaken at any time of the year, in contrast to the '' Ḥajj'' (; "pilgrimage"), which has specific d ...
special forces.
See also
*
Ministry of Interior
An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement.
In some states, th ...
References
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Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia)
Law enforcement in Saudi Arabia