Yousef Al-Othaimeen

Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen (Arabic: يوسف بن أحمد العثيمين) is a Saudi Arabian politician who served as secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from November 2016, when Iyad bin Amin Madani stepped down for health reasons, to 29 November 2020.^[1]

Yousef Al-Othaimeen
يوسف العثيمين
Al-Othaimeen in 2019
11th Secretary-General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation
In office 1 November 2016 – 29 November 2020
Preceded by	Iyad bin Amin Madani
Succeeded by	Hissein Brahim Taha
Personal details
Born	Saudi Arabia
Alma mater	King Saud University (B.A.) Ohio University (M.A) American University (Ph.D)

Education

Al-Othaimeen has a bachelor's degree in social studies from King Saud University in Riyadh (1977), a master's in political sociology from Ohio University (1982), and a PhD in political sociology from the American University in Washington DC (1986).^[2]

The Muslim 500 Mention

He is also featured in 2019 The Muslim 500 Publication as one of the most influential Muslims ^[3]

Posts Held

Positions held by Yousuf

Positions	Organisation	From	To
Director General of Cabinet and Chief Adviser	Islamic Cooperation (OIC)	2016
Minister of Social Affairs	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Secretary General	King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Foundation for Housing Development
Director General	Prince Salman Charity Society for Orphans’ Care
Assistant Deputy Minister	Social Welfare at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Assistant Deputy Minister	Rehabilitation of the Handicapped at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Adviser	Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Assistant Lecturer	King Saud University and Assistant Professor
Minister	Social Affairs for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	2007	2015

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Activities

In March 2018, Al-Othaimeen met with the Pope to discuss the migration crisis and the plight of the Rohingya.

On 25 February 2019, he said that the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers considered the actions perpetrated against Azerbaijani civilians in the 1992 Khojaly Massacre as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.^[5]