Ossama bin Abdul Majed Shobokshi

Saudi Arabian politician (1943–2023)

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Ossama bin Abdul Majed Shobokshi (Arabic: أسامة بن عبد المجيد شبكشي; 21 October 1943 – 31 March 2023) was a Saudi Arabian academic, physician, diplomat and politician.

Biography

Shobokshi was born in Jeddah in 1943.^[1]^[2] He held a PhD in internal medicine from the University of Erlangen, Germany, in 1976.^[1]^[2] He worked as the dean of the medicine faculty at various Saudi Arabian universities.^[2] He served as the president of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah.^[2]

He was the minister of health from 1995 to 2003.^[1] After serving as an advisor to King Fahd, Shobokshi was appointed ambassador of Saudi Arabia in 2004.^[2] Shobokshi's tenure ended in 2015.^[3]

Shobokshi was an honorary fellow of the Irish Royal College of Surgeons.^[1] He was a founding member and a board member of the German-Arab Friendship Society.^[3] He died in Jeddah on 31 March 2023.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Former Saudi Health Minister Osama Shobokshi dies at age 80". Saudigazette. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Martina Weber. "Der Botschafter des Königreichs Saudi-Arabien im Interview". fau.de (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "DAFG trauert um Botschafter Prof. Shobokshi". DAFG (in German). 31 March 2023.