Majid Al-Hogail

Majid Al-Hogail
Alma mater	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Majid bin Abdullah Al-Hogail (Arabic: ماجد الحقيل) is the Minister of Housing of Saudi Arabia[1] was appointed in July 2015.[2] He is also the acting Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs since 25 February 2020.[3] Al-Hogail has also been serving as the chairman of the Real Estate General Authority since January 2017.[2]

Education

In 1998, Al-Hogail gained a master's degree in business administration from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the USA, where in 2007, he completed an extended development program in management from Switzerland.[4]

Career

Al-Hogail previously served in several companies in the private sector. As from 2007 was the managing director of the RAFAL, a Real Estate Development company. Then in 2014, he was chosen as a chairmen of the Aljazira Capital. In 2015, he was a board member of budget airline Flynas.[4]

Currently, Al-Hogail is a board member in Qiddiya and NEOM megaprojects.[4]

References

1. "Website launched to support housing project in Saudi Arabia". Arab News. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
2. "Saudi appoints housing minister from private sector". Reuters. 2015-07-13. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
3. "Saudi Royal Decree Forms 3 New Ministries, Merges 2 Others". Asharq AL-awsat. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
4. "Majid Al-Hogail, Saudi Arabia's minister of housing". Arab News. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-04-15.