Tuwaijri biography for kids

Khalid al-Tuwaijri was Chief of the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia under King Abdullah and was the highest ranking non-prince in the country until his ousting by King Salman in 2015.^[1]

Biography

Al-Tuwaijri was born in 1960 and studied law in Saudi Arabia; he obtained a masters degree in political science in the United States and another in Islamic criminal law in Saudi Arabia.

He is an author and poet.

He started working in the civil service in 1995 and held several positions until he became head of the Crown Prince's Court, replacing his father Abdulaziz al-Tuwaijri in early 2005.^[2] On his ascension, King Abdullah appointed him Chief of the Royal Court on 9 October 2005, replacing another commoner, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Nuweisir, ^[3] and in 2011, he cemented his power by replacing Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd as chief of the Cabinet Court as well.^[4] As the secretary general, he had a say in the staffing of all the monarchy's positions.^[5] Over t