Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman appointed seven leading Saudis to the Shoura Council on Saturday.

They are Khaled bin Abdullah Al-Sabti, Mohammed bin Ali Al-Hayazie, Walid bin Abdul Karim Al-Kheraiji, Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Sager, Saad bin Mohammad Al-Huraiqi, Nasser bin Abdul Aziz Al-Dawood, and Abbas bin Ahmed Hadi.

Al-Sabti was formerly minister of higher education and also deputy minister of education. Al-Sabti is currently a member and general secretary of King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawheba). He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from King Saud University, and also holds master’s and doctoral degrees on the same subject from the Syracuse University.

Al-Hayazie is the former minister of health, director of Jazan University and undersecretary at King Khaled University for Postgraduate Studies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from King Saud University and master’s and doctoral degrees on the same subject from the University of Boston.

Al-Kheraiji is the former minister of agriculture and director general of the Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization.

Al-Kheraiji, who has a B.Sc. in civil engineering from the University of Miami, is the former ambassador to the Netherlands.

Hadi is the former deputy minister of housing. He holds a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). Hadi has worked at Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu oil refinery. He joined the Ministry of Housing in 1432 as an adviser to the minister of housing.

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