Turki Al-Shabanah

Turki Al-Shabanah was born on the sixth of November 1964 in the city of Riyadh, and he studied in its primary and secondary schools, then joined the Faculty of Law at King Saud University, in 1990, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Law.[4]

Then he traveled to the United States, where he joined the American University in Washington, in 1993, where he obtained a master's degree in International Law - Commerce.[4]

His brother is Major General Abd al-Rahman Abdullah al-Shabanah. On the twenty-fourth of November 2011, he married the daughter of Dr. Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah al-Otaibi.[5]

• Turki Al-Shabanah held the position of responsible for the “MBC” station in the United States of America in 1996, and he also held the position of assistant to the general supervisor of this group in the city of London, before it moved to its current headquarters in Dubai.[6]
• He held the position of Head of Program Production and General Supervisor of MBC Radio Group until July 7, 2002.[7]
• He was the supervisor of the production of many different programs, which were produced in the station centers in Cairo and Beirut, as well as Amman and Al Riyadh city.[8]
• In 2003, he founded the TASS Media Consulting Company, and in the same year he worked as a special advisor to Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal until 2007.[8]
• On December 27, 2018, a royal decree was issued by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, appointing him as Saudi Minister of media, and he held this position until 2020.[9]

1. http://www.alriyadh.com/685736
2. http://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=8435&article=111980#.VpuEkMtBtAg
3. http://www.lahamag.com/Details/16623/'مجموعة_MBC'_تردّ_على_بيان_قنوات_'روتانا'
4. http://www.alriyadh.com/816813