Abdulrahman Obaid Al-Youbi (born 1958) was the president of King Abdulaziz University from June 2016 to October 2022.
Biography
Al-Youbi received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in chemistry from King Abdulaziz University. He attended the University of Essex on a scholarship, where he received his PhD in physicalchemistry in 1986.
Before being appointed as president of King Abdulaziz University in 2016, he served as vice president. He was a consultant at the Ministry of Higher Education, and was dean and vice-dean of the faculty of science, King Abdulaziz University.