Mohammad Abdulaziz Alheezan, Saudi Shoura Council member

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdulaziz Alheezan

• Alheezan has held key positions, including supervisor of the media department at the Ministry of (Higher) Education, and the Commission of Tourism and National Heritage

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdulaziz Alheezan has been a Shoura Council member since 2016 and is the head of the culture, media, tourism and archaeology committee at the same council.
Due to his extensive experience in both academic and professional fields of communication, Alheezan is synonymous with media in Saudi Arabia.
He was a professor at the media departments of the two major universities of Riyadh and was the initiator for establishing the digital media department at Saudi Electronic University.
Alheezan has held key positions, including supervisor of the media department at the Ministry of (Higher) Education, and the Commission of Tourism and National Heritage, and served as a media consultant for the ministries of information, defense, and municipal and rural affairs.
During his deanship of the College of Communication at Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, he introduced the media program for female students in Saudi Arabia. He also replaced courses at the college with modern ones and added new programs and a state-of-the-art media lab.
Alheezan believes great communication is a solid way to succeed.
Besides being a columnist and TV scriptwriter, Alheezan, who earned his Ph.D. in media from a major US university, has published studies and trained senior government officials on media skills.