Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

وزارة الخارجية السعودية
Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the current Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2019
Agency overview
Formed	1930; 95 years ago (1930)
Preceding agency	Directorate General for Foreign Affairs
Jurisdiction	Government of Saudi Arabia
Headquarters	Nasseriya Street, Riyadh
Agency executive	Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Child agency	Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute of Diplomatic Studies
Website	Official English Site

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA; Arabic: وزارة الخارجية Wizārat al-Khārijīyah) is the ministry responsible for handling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Foreign affairs. It was created in 1930 by a royal decree issued by King Abdulaziz Al Saud. King Abdulaziz appointed his son, Prince Faisal, as the first foreign minister of Saudi Arabia.^[1][2]

1. ↑ "A Chronology - The House Of Saud". PBS. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
2. ↑ Mohammad Zaid Al Kahtani (December 2004). The Foreign Policy of King Abdulaziz (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Leeds. Retrieved 20 January 2024.