Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi
| Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi غازي بن عبدالرحمن القصيبي |
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| Minister of Labor | |
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In office 13 April 2004 – 15 August 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
King Fahd King Abdullah |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Adel Fakeih |
| Minister of Water and Electricity | |
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In office September 2002 – April 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | King Fahd |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Al Hussain |
| Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland | |
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In office 1992–2002 |
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| Prime Minister | King Fahd |
| Preceded by | Nasser Almanquor |
| Ambassador to Bahrain | |
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In office 1984–1992 |
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| Prime Minister | King Fahd |
| Minister of Health | |
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In office 1983–1984 |
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| Prime Minister | King Fahd |
| Preceded by | Husain Aljazaeri |
| Succeeded by | Faisal Alhujailan |
| Minister of Industry and Electricity | |
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In office 1976–1983 |
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| Prime Minister | King Khalid |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 March 1940 Hofuf, Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 15 August 2010 (aged 70) Riyadh |
| Resting place | Al Oud cemetery |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
| Alma mater |
University of Cairo University of Southern California University College London |
| Religion | Islam |
Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi (Arabic: غازي بن عبدالرحمن القصيبي; 3 March 1940 – 15 August 2010) was a Saudi Arabian liberal politician, diplomat, technocrat, poet, and novelist. He was an intellectual and a member of the Al Gosaibi family that is one of the oldest and richest trading families of the Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Al Gosaibi was considered among Saudi Arabia's topmost technocrats since the mid-1970s. The Majalla called him the "Godfather of Renovation" while Saudi journalist Othman Al Omeir argued that he was "the only great man in Saudi Arabia."
Al Gosaibi was born on 3 March 1940 to one of the richest families of the Kingdom in Hofuf located in Al Ahsa province. The family was of Najdi origin. His mother was from the "Kateb" family of Mecca. She died when he was aged nine months and he was raised by his grandmother.
He received primary and secondary education in Bahrain which was a British protectorate during that time. He attended the University of Cairo and received a degree in law in 1961. Later, he moved to the United States and graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in international relations in 1964. He later finished his PhD in law at University College London in 1970; his PhD thesis was about the Yemen crisis which took place from 1962 to 1967.
Al Gosaibi began his career working as a lecturer at King Saud University in 1965. He held various positions, including associate professor, dean of the faculty of commerce and head of the department of political science. In 1965, he served as a legal consultant to the Saudi reconciliation committee; the job was related to negotiating with the Egyptian forces in Yemen. He also served as the director general of Saudi Railways Organization in 1970, chairman of Jubail Petrochemical Company (Sadaf) and Yanbu Petrochemical Company (Yanpet), member on Public Investment Fund, Supreme Manpower Council, and Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu.
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