Office: | Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the State of Palestine |
Term Start: | 12 August 2023 |
Office1: | Counsel General of Saudi Arabia to Jerusalem |
Term Start1: | 12 August 2023 |
Office2: | Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Jordan |
Term Start2: | January 2020 |
Office3: | Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Canada |
Term Start3: | 2014 |
Term End3: | August 2018 |
Birth Date: | df=y 21 January 1963 |
Birth Place: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Parents: | Bandar bin Ahmad Al Sudairi (father) |
Nayef bin Bandar Al Sudairi (Arabic: نايف بن بندر السديري; born 21 January 1963) is a Saudi Arabian diplomat. He was the ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Canada between 2014 and 2018. He is the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Jordan. In addition, he was appointed non-resident ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the State of Palestine and consul-general in Jerusalem on 13 August 2023.
Al Sudairi was born in Riyadh on 21 January 1963.[1] His father, Bandar, is the son of Ahmad Al Sudairi.[1] He received a master's degree in political science.[2]
Al Sudairi joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1996 and worked in the permanent mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations (UN) from 1997.[2] He headed a group on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation which was attached to the Disarmament Commission of the UN between 2012 and 2014.[2] He was appointed ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Canada in 2014 which he held until August 2018[2] when he was recalled by the Saudi government due to the tensions between two countries.[3]
Al Sudairi was appointed ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Jordan in January 2020.[4] He delivered the King Salman's invitation to Syrian President Bashar Assad to attend the 32nd Arab League summit held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 19 May 2023.[5]
In addition to his diplomatic post as Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Jordan, Al Sudairi was named as the non-resident ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the State of Palestine and consul-general in Jerusalem on 12 August 2023.[6] [7] The same day Majdi Al Khalidi, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's diplomatic adviser, received Al Sudairi in Jordan where he submitted his credentials.[8] Al Sudairi went to Ramallah and met with Mahmoud Abbas on 27 September being the first Saudi Arabian official visited the region since 1967.[9]