Yousef Al-Othaimeen

{{BLP sources|date=October 2018}}{{Infobox officeholder

| name =

| image = Yousef Al-Othaimeen.jpg

| birth_place = Saudi Arabia

| office = 11th Secretary-General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation

| termstart = 1 November 2016

| termend = 29 November 2020

| predecessor = Iyad bin Amin Madani

| successor = Hissein Brahim Taha

| alma_mater = King Saud University (B.A.)
Ohio University (M.A)
American University (Ph.D)

| native_name_lang = ar

| native_name = {{nobold|يوسف العثيمين}}

| caption = Al-Othaimeen in 2019

}}

Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen ({{langx|ar|يوسف بن أحمد العثيمين}}) is a Saudi Arabian politician who served as secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from November 2016, when Iyad bin Amin Madani stepped down for health reasons, to 29 November 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1297066 |title=Appointment of new OIC chief okayed - Newspaper |website=Dawn.com |date=18 November 2016 |access-date=23 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813010356/https://www.dawn.com/news/1297066 |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}

Education

Al-Othaimeen has a bachelor's degree in social studies from King Saud University in Riyadh (1977), a master's in political sociology from Ohio University (1982), and a PhD in political sociology from the American University in Washington DC (1986).{{Cite web |url=http://www.oic-oci.org/page/?p_id=58&p_ref=30&lan=en |title=Biography |access-date=23 May 2017 |archive-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612113327/https://www.oic-oci.org/page/?p_id=58&p_ref=30&lan=en |url-status=dead }}

The Muslim 500 Mention

He is also featured in 2019 The Muslim 500 Publication as one of the most influential Muslims {{Cite web|url=https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/al-othaimeen-dr-yousuf-ahmad/|title=Dr Yousef Ahmad Al-Othaimeen {{!}} The Muslim 500|website=www.themuslim500.com|date=28 May 2018 |access-date=2019-02-27}}

Posts Held

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Positions held by Yousuf

!Positions

!Organisation

!From

!To

Director General of Cabinet and Chief Adviser

|Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

|2016

Minister of Social Affairs

|Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Secretary General

|King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Foundation for Housing Development

Director General

|Prince Salman Charity Society for Orphans’ Care

Assistant Deputy Minister

|Social Welfare at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Assistant Deputy Minister

|Rehabilitation of the Handicapped at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Adviser

|Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Assistant Lecturer

|King Saud University and Assistant Professor

Minister

|Social Affairs for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

|2007

|2015

.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oic-oci.org/page/?p_id=58&p_ref=30&lan=en|title=Biography|website=www.oic-oci.org|access-date=2019-02-27}}

Activities

In March 2018, Al-Othaimeen met with the Pope to discuss the migration crisis and the plight of the Rohingya.

On 25 February 2019, he said that the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers considered the actions perpetrated against Azerbaijani civilians in the 1992 Khojaly Massacre as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.{{Cite web|url=http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Yousef-bin-Ahmad-Al-Othaimeen-Khojaly-massacre-result-of-occupation-of-Azerbaijani-territory-by-Armenia.html|title=Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen: Khojaly massacre result of occupation of Azerbaijani territory by Armenia|work=Vestnik Kavkaza|language=en-EN|access-date=27 February 2019}}