Ghazi Abdul Rahman Algosaibi ,(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 family.
A son of one of the oldest trading families of the
Al-Hasa and
Bahrain, Algosaibi was considered among Saudi Arabia's foremost technocrats since the mid 1970s.
Algosaibi attended the
University of Cairo and received his
Law degree in 1961. Dr Algosaibi moved to the United States where he completed his MA in
international relations from the
University of Southern California in 1964 and obtained his PhD in Law from the
University College London in 1970.
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; Director General of
Saudi Railways Organization; cabinet portfolios in health, and industry and electricity; being instrumental in setting up
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (
SABIC); 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 from 1984 to 1992; ambassador to
United Kingdom and
Ireland 1992 to 2002; the Minister of Water from 2002 and the Minister of Labor from April, 2004 both until his 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