Princess Haifa Al-Mogrin was recently appointed as the ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Spain. She took the oath before King Salman at Arqa Palace in Riyadh on Tuesday along with other ambassadors-designate to various countries.
Before that, Princess Haifa served as the permanent representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization from 2020 to 2023.
In 2021, Princess Haifa was elected to chair the UNESCO Executive Board Program and External Relations Commission for a two-year term.
In 2009, she briefly took up a part-time role lecturing at King Saud University, before starting work with the UN Development Programme. In 2013, she was promoted to the role of program analyst there, covering social development and human rights.
She joined the Ministry of Economy and Planning as head of the sustainable development goals sector in 2016 and was appointed assistant deputy minister for sustainable development affairs in 2017.
She also served as the assistant deputy minister for G20 affairs under the Ministry of Economy and Planning from 2018. That same year, she was a speaker at the Second Urban Planning Forum — a testament to her expertise in the empowerment of youth and human rights advocacy.
Princess Haifa received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Riyadh-based King Saud University in 2000 and a master’s degree in science in economics with reference to the Middle East from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London in 2007.
