Ossama bin Abdul Majed Shobokshi
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
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