Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah is a Saudi pediatric surgeon. He has filled a number of supervisory and advisory roles in Saudi Arabia, including Minister of Health, Advisor to the Royal Court, and Supervisor General of the international aid agency KSrelief.

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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah
Supervisor General King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre
In office May 2015 – present
Advisor Royal Court
In office April 2014 – present
Minister of Health (Saudi Arabia)
In office February 2009 – April 2014
Preceded by	Hamad Al Manie
Succeeded by	Adel Fakeih
Chairman of the Board of Directors at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
In office August 2010 – April 2014
Chief Executive Officer of National Guard Health Affairs
In office May 2005 – February 2009
President of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
In office July 2003 – February 2009
Personal details
Born	(1955-02-23) 23 February 1955 (age 69) Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Nationality	Saudi Arabia
Residence(s)	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Alma mater	King Saud University King Khalid University Dalhousie University University of Alberta

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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 23 February 1955.^[1]

Al Rabeeah attended King Saud University, Riyadh where he obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees in July 1979. He interned in August 1980 at King Khalid University hospital, Riyadh. In 1981, Al Rabeeah was formally licensed to practice medicine. He studied at the University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton (1985) and IWK Hospital for Children, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1987) where he completed Fellowships in General and Pediatric Surgery, respectively.^[1][2]

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud appointed Al Rabeeah as Minister of Health for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.^[3] He was appointed on 14 February 2009.^[4] He served as Minister of Health until 21 April 2014.

Al Rabeeah serves as the Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (known as KSrelief), headquartered in Riyadh.^[5] He concurrently holds the position of Advisor to the Royal Court. KSrelief was inaugurated on 13 May 2015 by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud; its purpose is to serve both as an aid-monitoring organization and as a direct provider for Saudi humanitarian aid and relief being administered worldwide.^[6]

Other positions held

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• 1992 – present: Head of the Surgical and Multidisciplinary Team for the Saudi National Conjoined Twins Programme
• May 2011: President of the Executive Board of the Arab Health Ministers' Council^[11]
• August 2010: Chairman of the Board of Directors, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre^[11]
• 2003 – 2009: Chief Executive Officer of National Guard Health Affairs^[11]
• 2005 – 2009: President of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences^[11]
• 2009 – 2016: Member of the Board of Trustees, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Chairman, Co-Chair, and Honorary Member with many Executive Committees in the Royal Cabinet, Ministry of Health, Saudi Council for Health Specialties and other Government Agencies and Universities^[11]
• Chairman of the Riyadh Pediatric Surgery Club^[2]
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Saudi Council for Health Specialties^[2]
• Chairman, The National Health Insurance Council^[2]

Al Rabeeah is the father of eight children - seven girls (including a set of identical twins), and one boy. His son, Khalid, followed in his footsteps and is a medical consultant specializing in urology; Khalid also began his career by studying at King Saud University and completing his Fellowship in Canada.^[12]

• March 2010, Recognition by Arabian Business Magazine as being the 45th Most Influential Arab.^[13]
• December 2012, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences for Outstanding Medical Personalities in the Arab World.^[14]
• November 2016, Humanitarian Award from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Regional Network for Social Responsibility (member of United Nations Global Compact) – Kingdom of Bahrain.^[15]