Muhammad Jamil Ahmad Mulla
{{Short description|Saudi engineer and government official (born 1946)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| birthname = Muhammad bin Jamil bin Ahmad Mulla
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| office = Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology
| primeminister = King Fahd
King Abdullah
| president =
| term_start = 1 May 2003
| term_end = 8 December 2014
| predecessor = Office established
| successor = Fahd bin Matad bin Shafaq Al Hamad
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Madinah, Saudi Arabia
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = {{ubl|King Saud University|University of Colorado at Boulder}}
}}
Muhammad Jamil Ahmad Mulla ({{Langx|ar|محمد جميل أحمد الملا}}; born 12 December 1946) is a Saudi engineer who was minister of communications and information technology from 2003 to 2014.{{cite web|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-s/saudi-arabia.html|publisher=CIA|access-date=30 August 2012|date=19 June 2012|archive-date=5 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905082443/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-s/saudi-arabia.html}}{{cite web|title=King Abdullah names new ministers|publisher=Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington DC|url=http://www.saudiembassy.net/latest_news/news12081401.aspx|access-date=11 December 2014|date=8 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216083037/http://www.saudiembassy.net/latest_news/news12081401.aspx|archive-date=16 December 2014}}
Early life and education
Mulla was born in Madinah on 12 December 1946.{{cite web|title=Muhammad Jamil Ahmad Mulla|url-status=dead|publisher=Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology|url=http://www.mcit.gov.sa/english/MinisterWord/MinisterCV.aspx|archive-date=28 March 2007
|access-date=30 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328191711/http://www.mcit.gov.sa/english/MinisterWord/MinisterCV.aspx}}{{cite web|title=Muhammad bin Jameel Mulla|url=http://susris.com/officials/muhammad-bin-jameel-mulla/|work=SUSRIS
|access-date=6 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315223021/http://susris.com/officials/muhammad-bin-jameel-mulla/|archive-date=15 March 2015|url-status=usurped}}
Mulla is a graduate of King Saud University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1972. Then he obtained a Master of Science degree in telecommunications from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1979. He also participated in various training programs in different countries.
Career
Mulla began his career at the ministry of post, telegraph and telephone in 1972, working initially as a radio engineer and then as an electrical engineer. Later he served as a Riyadh province manager and general manager of the central region for telecommunications. In June 2001, Mullah was named as the governor of the Saudi Telecom Authority.{{cite news
|title=Mulla to head telecom authority|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/212431|access-date=1 September 2012|newspaper=Arab News|date=6 June 2001
}} Next, he was appointed assistant deputy minister and then deputy minister of post, telegraph and telephone in charge of operation and maintenance affairs. He then became the governor of the Saudi communications commission.
Mullah was appointed minister of communications and information technology when the office established on 1 May 2003.{{cite web|title=Minister of Communications and Information Technology|url=http://www.saudinf.com/main/c5107.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030625025810/http://www.saudinf.com/main/c5107.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 June 2003|work=SAMIRAD|access-date=30 August 2012}}{{cite web|title=Brief History|url=http://www.mcit.gov.sa/english/AboutMCIT/BriefHistory/|publisher=Ministry of Communications and Information Technology|access-date=31 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718175355/http://mcit.gov.sa/english/AboutMCIT/BriefHistory/}} His term ended on 8 December 2014 when Fahd bin Matad bin Shafaq Al Hamad was appointed to the post.
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