Adva Al Arefi is the new Minister of State for Sports of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: Adva Al Arefi has been appointed as the new Minister of State for Sports in Saudi Arabia. Amir Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, Minister of Sports appointed Adva Al Arefi as Minister of State. The appointment was last Thursday. Adva Al Arefi thanked the Minister of Sports for the trust placed in him.
Adva Al Arefi is a member of the Saudi Olympic Council, Football Federation and Under Secretary for Planning and Development in the Ministry of Sports.
She graduated in business administration from Al-Yamamah University in Riyadh in 2011 and is a person who has made a big impact in the development of women’s sports in the country.
Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki (@AbdulazizTF) appointed on Thursday Adwa Al-Arifi (@AdwaAlArifi) as assistant minister for sports affairs.https://t.co/fKX3E8pRG4
— Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) December 22, 2022
Al Arefi will join the Ministry of Sports as Investment Director in 2019. Then the Saudi Olympic Committee nominated them as members of the Olympic Council.
Later, Adva, who worked as a member of the Saudi Football Federation’s Social Responsibility Committee, was later elected as the chairperson of the committee. She is the first woman to hold this position.
What she has done in terms of efforts and hardworking, She deserved to be in a such position as Assistant Minister For Sport Affairs @AdwaAlArifi ???????????? pic.twitter.com/FY7WmSrJZ0
– Jacob Almutair (@Yaqoub_Almutair) December 23, 2022
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has recently been able to make notable strides in the field of sports. At the World Cup in Qatar, which ended this month, Saudi Arabia grabbed the attention following beating tournament champions Argentina in the group stage.