His Excellency Mr. Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir

His Excellency Mr. Adel A. Al-Jubeir, Advisor at the Royal Court, was appointed by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Ambassador to the United States on January 29, 2007.

Mr. Al-Jubeir was born February 1, 1962 in Riyadh Province (Majma�ah), Saudi Arabia, and attended schools in Germany, Yemen, Lebanon, and the U.S.  He obtained his B.A in political science and economics with highest honors (summa cum laude) from the University of North Texas in 1982, and his M.A. in international relations from Georgetown University in 1984. He was a Ph.D candidate at Georgetown University, 1984-86.

In 1987 he was appointed into the Saudi Diplomatic Service and posted at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC, where he served as Special Assistant to the Ambassador, and later as Director of the Saudi Information and Congressional Affairs Office.  In the fall of 2000 he was appointed as Foreign Affairs Advisor in the Crown Prince�s Court. In August 2005, Mr. Al-Jubeir was appointed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Advisor at the Royal Court.

Mr. Al-Jubeir is co-Secretary of the U.S.-Saudi Strategic Dialogue chaired by HRH Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Mr. Al-Jubeir served in the Joint Information Bureau in Dhahran during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1990-91. He was a member of the GCC delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference in October 1991, and a member of the Saudi delegation to the Multilateral Arms Control Talks in Washington, DC in 1992. In December 1992 he was dispatched with the Saudi Armed Forces to Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope. He participated in a number of the Kingdom�s delegations to the U.N. General Assembly, 1991-2000.

Over the past six years, Mr. Al-Jubeir has accompanied the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques on State visits and to international conferences.

Mr. Al-Jubeir was Visiting Diplomatic Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York, 1994-95. He has lectured at universities and academic institutions in the U.S. and appeared frequently in the media. He received a number of honors and citations, including an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of North Texas in 2006.

Mr. Al-Jubeir is fluent in English, Arabic and German.

Source: Saudi Embassy

As of January, 2007