Saudi appoints first female ambassador to Washington

The House of Saud has named Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud as ambassador to the United States—making her Saudi Arabia’s first-ever female envoy to Washington. Bint Bandar entered the political and diplomatic arena through the business and financial portal, being a member of a number of local and international advisory councils, including the Advisory […]

The House of Saud has named Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud as ambassador to the United States—making her Saudi Arabia’s first-ever female envoy to Washington.

Bint Bandar entered the political and diplomatic arena through the business and financial portal, being a member of a number of local and international advisory councils, including the Advisory Board of the Saudi National Initiative for Creativity, the Global Advisory Council of Ober and the TEDx Conference Advisory Council.

Following the announcement, she posted on her official Twitter account her appreciation and promises to the Saudi people. “I will work, God willing, to serve my country, its leaders and all its people,” she wrote.

Bint Bandar, who was born in 1975, holds a BA degree in Museum Studies with an academic focus on the preservation of historical monuments, from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Recently, the World Economic Forum appointed her to its Young Global Leaders program.

She replaces Prince Khalid bin Salman, the younger brother of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.