List of ambassadors of Saudi Arabia to Turkey

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The Saudi ambassador in Ankara is the official representative of the Government in Riyadh to the Government of Turkey, concurrently he is accredited to Baku (Azerbaijan).

Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Turkey
سفير خادم الحرمين الشريفين لدى جمهورية تركيا (Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to Turkey)
Coat of Arms of Saudi Arabia
Incumbent
Waleed A. Elkhereiji
since October 4, 2018
Inaugural holderFouad Bey Hamza [de]
Formation1943

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Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Arabic Observations King of Saudi Arabia Prime Minister of Turkey Term end


1943 Fuad Hamza فؤاد حمزة Hamza, Fouad Bey (né en 1899) : Libanais, diplomate au service de l'Arabie Saoudite. Ibn Saud Ahmet Fikri Tüzer 1945
1955 Sayid Tawfik Hamza سيد توفيق حمزة [1] Ibn Saud Adnan Menderes
1957 Kazi Mustafa Kamal كازي مصطفى كمال [2] Saud of Saudi Arabia Adnan Menderes
1957 Saleh Mustafa صالح مصطفى Saud of Saudi Arabia Adnan Menderes 1963
1966 Samir Shihabi سمير الشهابي [3] Faisal of Saudi Arabia Suad Hayri Ürgüplü 1971
1973 Anas Yusuf Yassin [de] انس يوسف ياسين Faisal of Saudi Arabia Mehmet Naim Talu 1974
1974 Mohammed Said Basrawi [de] محمد سعيد البصراوي Faisal of Saudi Arabia Mustafa Bülent Ecevit March 1, 1976
March 1, 1976 Fouad Abdulhameed Alkhateeb فؤاد عبد الحميد الخطيب Faisal of Saudi Arabia Mustafa Bülent Ecevit June 1, 1976
1980 Sheikh Muhammad Al Awadi الشيخ محمد العوضي
  • In 1976 he war minister of commerce and industry.
Khalid of Saudi Arabia Bülent Ulusu 1984
January 1, 1986 Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja عبدالعزيز بن محي الدين الهودشة Fahd of Saudi Arabia Turgut Özal 1991
January 1, 1993 Naji Sadiq al Mufti [de] ناجي صادق المفتي Fahd of Saudi Arabia Tansu Çiller 2004
April 7, 2009 Mohammed Raja Abdullah Al-Hussaini Al Sharif [de] محمد رجا عبد الله الحسيني الشريف [4] Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
May 16, 2013 Adel bin Siraj Mirdad [de] عادل سراج الدين مرداد 25 January 2017 It was pointed out that Ambassador Adel Serajedin Merdad left Turkey three weeks ago after the end of his term, and that he has not made any statement, whether to the BBC or to any other media outlet, over recent months. Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Gül January 4, 2017
October 4, 2018 Waleed A. Elkhereiji وليد بن عبدالكريم الخريجي Turkey summons Saudi ambassador over journalist's disappearance at consulate in Istanbul [5] Salman of Saudi Arabia Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

39°53′46″N 32°51′52″E / 39.896073°N 32.864577°E / 39.896073; 32.864577 [6]

References edit

  1. ^ Sayid Tawfik Hamza
  2. ^ Kazi Mustafa Kamal
  3. ^ "Saudi Elected by the U.N. Assembly (Published 1991)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24.
  4. ^ Mohammed Raja Abdullah Al-Hussaini Al Sharif
  5. ^ Walid bin Abdulkarim Al-Khuraiji, [1][2], [3]
  6. ^ Saudi denies false statement attributed to its former ambassador to Turkey, [4]