Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al Barrak

Al Barrak was born in Al-Hasa in 1956.^[1] He obtained a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from King Saud University in 1980.^[2] He has masters' and PhD degrees both in public administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1983 and in 1989, respectively.^[1]

Al Barrak began his career as a teaching assistant in 1980. He became an assistant professor in 1989. Until 1999, he worked at King Saud University, serving at various academic and administrative positions.^[1] On 26 May 2001, he was appointed to the Shoura Council. From 2003 to 2007, he served as vice-chairman of two committees at the council. On 23 March 2007, he became the chairman of the committee on administration and human resources petitions of the council.^[1] He began to serve as a vice speaker of the council on 17 May 2008.^[1] He was named as the assistant chairman of the council in February 2009.^[3]

Al Barrak was appointed minister of civil service on 13 December 2011.^[4][5][6] He replaced Mohammed bin Ali Al Fayez who had been in the post since June 1999 when the office established.^[7][8] His tenure lasted in 2015, and he was replaced by Khalid bin Abdullah Al Araj in the post.^[9]