Who’s Who: Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi climate envoy

Adel Al-Jubeir

Adel Al-Jubeir was recently appointed the Saudi climate envoy following a royal decree.
He has also been the Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs and a member of the Council of Ministers since December 2018.
Prior to that, Al-Jubeir was appointed minister of foreign affairs in April 2015.
He joined the Saudi diplomatic service in 1987 and was assigned to the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington as a special assistant to the ambassador.
During Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1990-91, he was a member of the Saudi team that formed the Joint Information Bureau in Dhahran.
In October 1991, he was a member of the GCC mission to the Madrid Peace Conference, and in 1992 he was a member of the Saudi delegation to the Multilateral Arms Control Talks in Washington.
He was sent to Somalia with the Saudi Armed Forces in December 1992 as part of Operation Restore Hope.
In 2000, Al-Jubeir was appointed director of the Saudi Information and Congressional Affairs Office in Washington, and in the fall of the same year he was made foreign affairs adviser in the crown prince’s court.
Between 1994-95, Al-Jubeir was a visiting diplomatic fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He has lectured at universities and academic institutions in the US and has regularly appeared in the media.
Al-Jubeir was appointed as adviser at the Royal Court by the late King Abdullah in August 2005, a position he maintained until his appointment as ambassador to the US on Jan. 29, 2007. He held this position until his nomination as foreign minister.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters by the University of North Texas in 2006.
Al-Jubeir speaks Arabic, English and German. In 1982, he earned a B.A. with honors in political science and economics from the University of North Texas, and in 1984 he attained an M.A. in international relations from Georgetown University.