Tawfig Al-Rabiah
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{{short description|Saudi Arabian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tawfig bin Fawzan AlRabiah
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| image = توفيق الربيعة.jpg
| caption = AlRabiah in 2022
| order =
| office = Minister of Hajj and Umrah
| primeminister = {{ubl|Salman (2021–2022)|Mohammed bin Salman (2022–present)}}
| president =
| term_start = 15 October 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = Dr. Issam bin Saad bin Saeed
| office1 = Minister of Health
| primeminister1 = Salman
| president1 =
| term_start1 = 7 May 2016
| term_end1 = 15 October 2021
| predecessor1 = Khalid A. Al-Falih
| successor1 = Fahd bin Abdulrahman bin Dahes Al-Jalajil
| office2 = Minister of Commerce and Industry
| term_start2 = 13 December 2011
| term_end2 = 6 May 2016
| predecessor2 = Abdullah Zainel Alireza
| successor2 = Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi
| primeminister2 = Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (2011–2015)
Salman (2015–2016)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|10|26}}
| birth_place = Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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| alma_mater = King Saud University
The University of Pittsburgh
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| footnotes =
| monarch = Salman
| honorific_prefix = His Excellency
}}
Tawfig F. AlRabiah ({{langx|ar|توفيق بن فوزان الربيعة}}; born 26 October 1965) is the current Minister of Hajj and Umrah for Saudi Arabia since 2021. He served as Minister of Health from May 2016 until October 2021.{{cite news|date=15 October 2021|title=Saudi Arabia issues royal decrees, appoints new health and Hajj ministers|language=en|work=Arab news|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1948706/saudi-arabia}} He was the Minister of Commerce and Industry from December 2011 to May 2016.
Early life and education
AlRabiah was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 26 October 1965 {{citation needed|date=January 2022}}. In 1986, he graduated with a bachelor's degree from the College of Business at the King Saud University (KSU). {{citation needed|date=January 2022}} He studied at the University of Pittsburgh, where he attained master's degree in Information Science in 1990, a master's degree in computer science in 1995, and Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1999.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
He worked as an assistant professor at King Saud University between 1999 and 2002.
Political career
From 2002 to 2007, he was director-general of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority. In 2007, he became director-general for Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON).{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120448256|title=Ambitious New University Opens in Saudi Arabia|website=Npr.org|date=16 November 2009|author=Kelly McEvers|accessdate=9 June 2018}}
=Minister of Commerce and Industry (2011-2016)=
AlRabiah became a member of the Council of Ministers in Saudi Arabia when he was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry in 2011. During his tenure, he was on the council for a number of subsidiary economic councils, including Member of the Supreme Petroleum & Minerals Council, member of the board of directors of General Investment Fund, and Member of the General Committee for the Council of Ministers. He served on all three between 2011 and 2015.{{cite web|date=5 May 2015|title=After the palace shakeup, Saudi Arabia's oil policy is in a major state of confusion|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-shifted-oil-leadership-2015-5?r=US&IR=T|publisher=Business Insider}}
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=Minister of Health (2016-2021)=
AlRabiah was Saudi Arabian Minister of Health from 2016 to 2021.{{cite web |title=A Royal Decree Appoints Dr. Tawfiq AlRabiah as the Minister of Health |url=https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/MediaCenter/News/Pages/News-2016-05-08-002.aspx |publisher=Ministry of Health}}
Personal life
AlRabiah is married to Maha Muhammad Alsayari. They have five children.
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