General Directorate of Public Security
Law enforcement agency
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General Directorate of Public Security (Arabic: مديرية الأمن العام), formerly General Directorate of Police (Arabic: مديرية عامة للشرطة), are the civilian police force under the Ministry of Interior responsible for law enforcement in Saudi Arabia.[1]
Formed1927
Preceding agency
- General Directorate of Police
Operations jurisdictionSaudi Arabia
General nature
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| Formed | 1927 |
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| Operations jurisdiction | Saudi Arabia |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
Sections
- Special Tasks and Duties Task Force
- Traffic Police Department
- Police Department
- Weapons and Explosives Department
- Search and Investigations Department
- Forensics Department
- Anti-Human Trafficking and Community Security Department
Leadership
- Hassan Faqi Bey (1926-1926)
- Abdul Aziz bin Saleh Al-Baghdadi (1927-1928)
- Murad Al-Ikhtiyar (1928-1928)
- Mahdi bin Qadri bin Saleh Qalaji (1928-1946)
- Ali Jameel (1946-1952)
- Talat Wafa (1952-1956)
- Ghalib Tawfiq (1956-1958)
- Sulaiman bin Hamad Al Jared (1958-1960)
- Ahmed Mustafa Yaghmour (1960-1966)
- Mohamed Eltayeb Eltounsi (1966-1975)
- Fayez Mohammed Al-Aoufi (1975-1980)
- Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Sheikh (1980-1991)
- Ahmed Mohammed Bilal (1991-1998)
- Asaad bin Abdul Karim Al-Furaih (1998-2003)
- Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani (2003-2014)
- Othman bin Nasser Al-Muhrej (2014-2017)
- Saud Abdulaziz Al Hilal (2017-2019)
- Khaled bin Qarar Al Harbi (2019-2022)
- Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani (2022-2022)
- Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Bassami (2022-Present)
