Ghazi Abdul Rahman Algosaibi (Arabic:غازي بن عبدالرحمن القصيبي; March 3, 1940 – August 15, 2010) was a Saudi Arabian liberal politician, technocrat, novelist, and Minister of Labor. He was a well-known intellectual and a member the Al Gosaibi

Al Gosaibi

The Al Gosaibi family is a prominent Arab family in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain . It is a trading family, involved in many successful businesses.The family origins is from a village in Najd called Qassab...

 family.

A scion of one of the oldest trading families of the Al-Hasa

Al-Hasa

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 and Bahrain

Bahrain

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, Algosaibi was considered among Saudi Arabia's foremost technocrats since the mid 1970s.

Education

Algosaibi attended the University of Cairo and received his Law degree

Law degree

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 in 1961. Dr Algosaibi moved to the United States where he completed his MA in international relations

International relations

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 from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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 in 1964 and obtained his PhD in Law from the University College London

University College London

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 in 1970.

Career

Algosiabi's positions and appoinments included; associate professor, dean of the Faculty of Commerce and head of the department of political science at King Saud University

King Saud University

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; Director General of Saudi Railways Organization; cabinet portfolios in health, and industry and electricity; being instrumental in setting up Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC

SABIC

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); chairman of Jubail Petrochemical Company (Sadaf) and Yanbu Petrochemical Company (Yanpet); served on Public Investment Fund, Supreme Manpower Council, and Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu; ambassador from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Bahrain

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

 from 1984 to 1992; ambassador to United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and Ireland

Ireland

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1992 to 2002; the Minister of Water from 2002 and the Minister of Labor from April, 2004 both until his death.

Death

Algosaibi died on August 15, 2010 (5 Ramadan 1431 H) at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Riyadh after suffering from a prolonged illness.

Novels

• Shiqat Al-Hurryah, 1994.
• Al-Asfooryah, 1996.
• Houma, 2001.
• Denesco, 2002.
• Rajolon Ja'a Wa Thahab, 2002
• Salma, 2002.
• Saba'ah, 2003.
• Hekayat Hub , 2004
• Abu Shalakh Al-Barma'ai, 2006.
• Al-Jeneyyah, 2006

In English

• Seven, trans. by Basil Hakim and Gavin Watterson, Saqi Books (1999) ISBN 0-86356-088-1
• An Apartment Called Freedom, trans. by Leslie McLoughlin, Kegan-Paul (1996) ISBN 0-7103-0550-8