Mohammed bin Ali Aba Al Khail (born 1935) is the Saudi government official. He was the minister of finance and national economy between October 1975 and August 1995.

Early life and education

Al Khail hails from a Najdi family. He was born in

Buraidah Buraidah ( ar, بريدة ') is the capital and largest city of Al-Qassim Region in north-central Saudi Arabia in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula. Buraydah lies equidistant from the Red Sea to the west and Persian Gulf to the east. Its known fo ...

in 1935. He received a bachelor's degree in commerce from

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

in 1956.

Career

Between 1956 and 1962 Al Khail served as an assistant director in the bureau at the ministry of communications and later, became its director. In 1962, on the request of

Crown Prince A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wi ...

Faisal he established the Institute of Public Administration in Riyadh which he headed between 1962 and 1965. In the period 1963–1970 he was the deputy minister of finance and national economy. In 1970, he was made deputy minister of state for finance and national economy. His next post was minister of state for finance which he was appointed in February 1972. He was also made minister of state for foreign affairs and appointed a member of the Supreme Council on Petroleum in March 1973 when it was established by King Faisal. Al Khail was appointed the minister of finance and national economy by

King Khalid Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Khalid ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'' ; 13 February 1913 13 June 1982) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and politician who served as King and Prime Minister of ...

on 14 October 1975 replacing

Musaid bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud Musaid bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, مساعد بن عبد الرحمن بن فيصل آل سعود ''Musāʿid bin ʿAbdur Raḥman Āl Saʿūd''; 1922 – 1992) was a Saudi Arabian statesman who served as the Saudi Arabian minister of interi ...

in the post. One of the most significant official visits by Al Khail was to Beijing, China, in November 1992 where he and

Li Lanqing Li Lanqing (; born 22 May 1932) is a retired Chinese politician who served as first-ranked Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China between 1998 and 2003. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ...

, Chinese minister of foreign economic relations and trade, signed various agreements on economy, commerce and investment. Al Khalil's term ended on 3 August 1995 when Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al Sulaim was appointed to the post. Al Khalil also served as the chairman of the Saudi International Bank in London and chairman of the Centre for Economics and Management Studies in Riyadh.

Personal life and honors

Al Khail married to his cousin in 1967. He is the recipient of the following: King Abdulaziz 2nd Class Sash; Republic Medal 2nd Class, Egypt; Niger Medal Leader Status, Niger; Pakistan Crescent Medal and Leopold II Sash, Belgium.

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