Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen () is a Saudi Arabian politician who served as secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from November 2016, when Iyad bin Amin Madani stepped down for health reasons, to 29 November 2020.
Education Al-Othaimeen has a bachelor's degree in social studies from King Saud University in Riyadh (1977), a master's in political sociology from Ohio University (1982), and a PhD in political sociology from the American University in Washington DC (1986).
The Muslim 500 Mention He is also featured in 2019 The Muslim 500 Publication as one of the most influential Muslims.
Posts Held + Positions held by YousufPositionsOrganisationFromToDirector General of Cabinet and Chief AdviserIslamic Cooperation (OIC)2016Minister of Social AffairsKingdom of Saudi ArabiaSecretary GeneralKing Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Foundation for Housing DevelopmentDirector GeneralPrince Salman Charity Society for Orphans’ CareAssistant Deputy MinisterSocial Welfare at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaAssistant Deputy MinisterRehabilitation of the Handicapped at the Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsAdviserMinister of Labour and Social Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaAssistant LecturerKing Saud University and Assistant ProfessorMinisterSocial Affairs for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia20072015 .
Activities In March 2018, Al-Othaimeen met with the Pope to discuss the migration crisis and the plight of the Rohingya.
On 25 February 2019, he said that the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers considered the actions perpetrated against Azerbaijani civilians in the 1992 Khojaly Massacre as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
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