Abdul Wahab Abdul Salam Attar
Abdul Wahab Abdul Salam Attar ( Arabic عبد الوهاب بن عبد السلام عطار, DMG ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAbd as-Salām ʿAṭṭār ; * 1940 in Mecca ) is a Saudi diplomat .
Education
In 1967 he received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Cairo University . Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), University of Southern California, USA.
Career
He was a co-founder of the Takamul Investment Holding Company.
He was a member of the executive boards of Saudi Loan Bank and Saudi Aramco . From 1969 to 1971 he was employed in the planning committee. In 1971 he participated in the Conference of Experts on Social Affairs in Tripoli, Libya. In 1974 he took part in the third regional conference of ministers of education and economic planning in the Arab states in Rabat . In 1975 he took part in the Conference on Population Policy in Cairo and the Conference of Arab Ministers for Social Affairs in Khartoum . He was State Secretary for Social Affairs.
From August 3, 1995 to 2001, he was planning minister in the Saudi government. From 2002 to November 17, 2016 he was Permanent Representative of the Saudi Government to the United Nations Office in Geneva .
2003: Role in the first kidnapping of Sultan bin Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Sau
A British companion of the missing Sultan bin Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud reported that after the Prince Sultan had been sedated and abducted as an ambulance with a Boeing 747 to Riyadh, Attar appeared in the prince's suite at the InterContinental Geneva , and that the companions explained that Prince Sultan was in riad, whoever goes last pays the bill for the suite. As a result, Prince Sultan's personal effects, papers, files and documents were sent to Riyadh in a separate plane registered with Abdul Aziz bin Fahd's entourage .
On September 18, 2012, Attar told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that Bashar al-Assad was committing “crimes against humanity”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Independent , August 3, 1995, [1]
- ↑ The Guardian , August 15, 2017, Saudi Arabia: new details of dissident princes' abductions emerge, [2]
- ↑ Arab News , September 18, 2012, Assad deeds 'crimes against humanity', [3] ; Prabook , [4]
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Khalil Abdul-Jabbar | Permanent Representative of the Saudi Government to the United Nations Office in Geneva . 2002 to November 17, 2016 |
Abdul Aziz bin Mohammed Al-Wasil |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Attar, Abdul Wahab Abdul Salam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saudi diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mecca |