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Council of Saudi Senior Scholars restructured

Council of Saudi Senior Scholars restructured

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman issued on Sunday royal orders to restructure the Council of Saudi Senior Scholars, appoint a new chief justice for the Supreme Court and appointing new members to the upcoming term of the Shoura Council.
The new Shoura Council will be made up of 150 members and will serve a four year term.

Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh, the Grand Mufti, will continue to hold his office as the President of the Council.

Dr. Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami was named as the Vice President of the Shoura Council, while Dr. Hanan Bint Abdulrahim Bin Mutlaq al-Ahmadi was named Assistant Chairman of the Shoura Council.
Under the new royal decrees issued on Sunday, King Salman also appointed a new head of the Kingdom’s Supreme Court, naming Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al-Luhaidan to the position.A royal order issued stated that the Shoura Council Speaker is Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Assheikh and the following members for four-year term:

1- Dr. Mishaal Bin Fahm Bin Mohammed Al-Sulami (Deputy Speaker of the Shoura Council). 2- Dr. Hanan Bint Abdulrahim Bin Mutlaq Al-Ahmadi (Assistant Speaker of the Shura Council). 3- Dr. Ibrahim Bin Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Qanas. 4- Ibrahim Bin Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Mufleh. 5- Eng. Ibrahim Bin Mohammed Bin Hadi Turki Al Daghrir. 6- Dr. Ibrahim Bin Mahmoud Bin Yasin Al-Nahhas. 7- Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz Bin Ibrahim Al-Yahya. 8- Ahmed Bin Ali Bin Salim Al-Mahmadi. 9- Dr. Osama Bin Hassan Bin Ibrahim Aref. 10- Osama Bin Abdulaziz Bin Saad Al-Rabiah.

11- Osama Yassin Bin Ahmed Al-Khayari. 12- Dr. Asma Bint Suleiman Bin Abdullah Al-Muwaisheer. 13- Princess Dr. Al-Jawhara Bint Fahd Bin Khalid Bin Muhammad Al Saud. 14- Dr. Amal Bint Yahya Bin Omar Al-Sheikh. 15- Dr. Amal Bint Salama Bin Sulaiman Al-Shaman. 16- Dr. Amira Bint Ahmed Bin Salem Al-Balawi. 17- Dr. Amira Bint Ahmed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Jaafari. 18- Dr. Iyas Bin Samir Bin Ibrahim Al-Hajri. 19- Dr. Iman Bint Saad Bin Mohsen Al-Zahrani. 20- Dr. Iman Bint Abdulaziz Bin Hamad Al-Jibreen.

21- Dr. Ayman Bin Saleh Bin Mohammed Taher Fadhel. 22- Dr. Ayoub Bin Mansour Bin Ali Al-Jarbou. 23- Bandar Bin Mohammed Bin Sultan Asiri. 24- Maj. Gen. Turki Bin Hamoud Bin Khalaf Al-Al-Onazi. 25- Dr. Turki Bin Saleh Bin Abdullah Al-Awad. 26- Dr. Turki Bin Mashhour Bin Awijan Al-Onzai. 27- Dr. Hassan Bin Hijab Bin Yahya Al-Hazmi. 28- Dr. Hassan Bin Salem Bin Hassan Maslum Al Maslum. 29- Dr. Hussein Bin Nasser Bin Abdullah Hazaa Al-Sharif. 30. Ms. Hanan Bint Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al-Smari.

31- Dr. Khalid Bin Abdulmohsen Bin Mohammed Al-Muhaisin. 32- Khalid Bin Mohammed Bin Saad Al-Bawardi. 33- Dr. Khalid Bin Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Saif.

34- Dr. Khalid Bin Mahmoud Bin Omar Zubair. 35 Dr. Khairan Bin Dabash Bin Ahmed Rajab. 36- Raed Bin Abdullah Bin Saleh Al-Tamimi. 37- Raeda Bint Abdullah Bin Rashid Abu Nayyan. 38- Dr. Rizk Bin Maqbool Bin Hamdan Al-Rayes. 39- Dr. Rima Bint Saleh Bin Ahmed Al-Yahya. 40- Zahir Bin Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Shehri.

41- Dr. Zainab Bint Muthanna Bin Abdo Abu Talib. 42- Gen. Sami Bin Zaid Bin Ibrahim Al-Hazmi. 43- Dr. Samia Bint Abdullah Bin Ghaib Nadhar Bukhari. 44- Saad Bin Saleh Bin Ibrahim Al-Sabti. 45- Saad Bin Solib Bin Mutlaq Al-Otaibi. 46- Dr. Saad Bin Abdulrahman Bin Mohammed Al-Amri. 47- Dr. Saud Bin Laila Bin Rajaa Al-Ruwaili. 48- Dr. Sultan Bin Saad Bin Sultan Al-Qahtani. 49- Dr. Sultan Bin Aqla Bin Hamoud Al-Marshad. 50- Dr. Sultana Bint Abdulmusleh Bin Jazaa Al-Badawi.

51- Dr. Suleiman Bin Ali Bin Mohammad Al-Fifi. 52- Somayya Bint Anwar Bin Abdulmajeed Jabarti. 53- Dr. Saleh Bin Abdulrahman Bin Saad Al-Shuhayeb. 54- Eng. Saleh Bin Fahad Bin Saleh Al-Nuzha. 55- Dr. Saleh Bin Mohammad Bin Saleh Al-Shamrani. 56- Saleh Bin Munea Bin Saleh Al-Khalili. 57- Dr. Salah Bin Khalid Bin Khairallah Altaleb. 58- Dr. Tariq Bin Saeed Bin Hilail Al-Shammari. 59- Eng. Tariq Bin Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al-Faris. 60- Talal Bin Ibrahim Bin Abdulrahman Al-Qudaibi.

61- Dr. Aisha Bint Hassan Bin Ahmed Zakiri. 62- Dr. Aisha Bint Ali Bin Mohammad Hanash Urishi. 63- Dr. Asim Bin Mohammad Bin Mansour Madkhali. 64- Dr. Alia Bint Mohammad Ali Bin Mohammad Rafe Al-Dahlawi. 65- Eng. Abbas Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammad Hadi. 66- Dr. Abdulrahman Bin Ibrahim Bin Mohammad Al-Hussayen. 67- Gen. Dr. Abdulrahman Bin Sanhat Bin Abdullah Al-Harbi. 68- Dr. Abdulrahman Bin Abdulmohsen Bin Mohammad Al-Rajhi.

69- Dr. Abdulaziz Bin Ibrahim Al-Muhanna. 70- Abdulaziz Bin Badr Al-AbdAl-Jabbar. 71- Dr Abdulaziz Bin Salama Al-Jaloud. 72- Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Muhammad Al-Nassar. 73- Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al Tawi. 74- Dr. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Salamah. 75- Dr. Abdullah Bin Saad Al-Wagdani. 76- Eng. Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Darrab. 77- Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Bin Aifan. 78- Dr Abdullah Bin Omar Al-Najjar. 79- AbdulMohsen Bin Muhammad Al-Munif. 80- Assaf Bin Salem Bin Faisal Abu Thanin.

81- Atta Bin Hamoud Bin Atta Al-Sebitti. 82- Dr. Attiah Bin Mohammad Bin Ateeq Al-Atwi. 83- Aqla Bin Ali Al-Turki Al-Aqla 84- Dr. Ali Bin Ibrahim Bin Ali Hamed Al-Ghabban. 85- Dr. Ali Bin Ahmed Bin Shuwail Al-Qarni. 86- Dr. Ali Bin Saad Bin Ali Al-Ali. 87- Ali Bin Ayed Bin Dhafer Al-Qarni. 88- Gen. Ali Bin Abdulrahman Bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh. 89- Dr. Ali Bin Mohammad Bin Saeed Al-Shahrani. 90- Gen. Ali Bin Mohammad Bin Yahya Al-Asiri.

91- Dr. Issa Bin Refae Bin Badah Al-Otaibi. 92- Issa Bin Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Issa. 93- Dr. Ghazi Bin Faisal Bin Saeed Mohammad Bin Zqr. 94- Dr. Faris Bin Abdullah Bin Shafi Al-Osaimi. 95- Fayez Bin Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Shehri. 96- Fadl Bin Saad Bin Mohammad Bohasson Al-Buainain. 97- Prince Fahad Bin Saad Bin Faisal Bin Saad Al-Awal Al Saud. 98- Dr. Fahad Bin Suleiman Bin Abdullah Al-Tukhaifi. 99- Dr. Fahad Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al-Tayyash. 100- Faihan Bin Abdulaziz Bin Qunifith Bin Lbdah.

101- Dr. Faisal Bin Hamoud Bin Bajad Al-Amaj. 102- Dr. Faisal Bin Ali Bin Abdo Sheikh Tumaihi. 103- Dr. Faisal Bin Mansour Bin Ali Al Fadil. 104- Kawthar Bint Musa Bin Ayesh Al-Arbash. 105- Latifa Bint Othman Bin Ibrahim Al-Shaalan. 106- Latifa Bint Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Abdulkarim. 107- Mubarak Bin Khalaf Bin Mubarak Al-Dossari. 108- Dr. Mutab Bin Ayed Bin Tala Al-Mutairi. 109- Gen. Mohammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Mohammad Al-Ajaji. 110- Dr. Mohammad Bin Hussain Bin Mohammad Ashri.

111- Mohammad Bin Hamoud Bin Rumaih Al-Mazyad. 112- Mohammed Bin Rashid Bin Ibrahim Al-Humaidhi. 113- Mohammed Bin Saad Bin Buti Al-Farraj Al-Subaie. 114- Dr. Mohammed Bin Saad Bin Ali Al Zoumah. 115- Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Bin Hamad Al-Jarbaa. 116- Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim Bin Abdullah Al-Junaidal. 117- Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Abbas. 118 Eng. Mohammed Bin Madani Bin Hamza Al-Ali. 119- Gen. Musaed Bin Salem Bin Dughim Al-Khalidi. 120- Dr. Mastoura Bint Obaid Bin Lafi Al-Shammari.

121- Dr. Musleh Bin Muaid Bin Hamdan Al-Harithi. 122- Mutashar Bin Trad Bin Rakan Al-Murshid. 123- Eng. Mufrah Bin Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Zahrani.

124- Mona Bint Abed Bin Mohammed Ali Khaznadar. 125- Mona Bint Abdullah Bin Saeed Al Mushait. 126- Dr. Mona Bint Abdul-Mohsen Bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Fadhli. 127- Maj. Gen. Mansour Bin Sultan Bin Abdullah Al-Turki. 128- Mansour Bin Abdulaziz Bin Rashid Al-Busaili. 129- Dr. Mansour Bin Attia Bin Mohammed Al-Mazrouei. 130- Dr. Maha Bint Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Sanan.

131- Dr. Nasih Bin Nasih Bin Hadri Al-Baqami. 132- Dr. Nasser Bin Ali Bin Abdullah Al-Musa. 133- Nasser Bin Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Al-Dughaither. 134- Dr. Nasser Bin Mansour Bin Mohammed Tayran. 135- Naif Bin Rashid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Watban. 136- Eng. Nabih Bin Abdulmohsen Bin Mansour Al-Ibrahim. 137- Najwa Bint Abdulkarim Bin Abdullah Al-Ghamdi. 138- Dr. Hadi Bin Ali Bin Mohammed Al-Yami. 139- Dr. Hani Bin Yousef Bin Ibrahim Khashoggi. 140- Dr. Hattan Bin Abdulkarim Bin Ali Tamraz.

141- Huda Bint Abdulrahman Bin Saleh Al-Helisi. 142- Hazaa Bin Bakr Bin Mullauh Al-Qahtani. 143 Dr. Hisham Bin Kamal Bin Mohammed Al-Faris. 144- Dr. Haifa Bint Hamoud Bin Saleh Al-Shammari. 145- Dr. Wael Bin Mohammed Bin Omar Al-Idrisi. 146- Dr. Wasel Bin Dawood Bin Salman Al-Mithn. 147- Dr. Walid Bin Mohammed Bin Kamil Zahid . 148- Dr. Yasser Bin Abdulrahman Bin Mahmoud Hafez. 149- Dr. Yazeed Bin Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Twaijri. 150- Dr. Yuosef Bin Trad Bin Yousef Al-Saadoun.
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