Khalid bin Ali Al Humaidan

Khalid bin Ali Al Humaidan (born 1955) is a Saudi intelligence officer who has directed the General Intelligence Directorate since January 2015 ^{1 2}.

Al Humaidan was born in Ha'il in 1955 - the Arabic article gives the Hijri year 1374 - into a family originating in Unaizah in the Qassim region ^{1 2}. He entered King Fahd Security College in 1402 AH and studied criminal justice at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan ^{2 1}.

Al Humaidan served for over twenty years in the security forces - the English article says the army - before becoming deputy head of the criminal investigation division in 2011; the Arabic article specifies the post as deputy director general of the General Investigations Directorate (Mabahith), with promotion to lieutenant general ^{1 2}. A royal decree of 29 January 2015 appointed him head of General Intelligence with the rank of minister and a member of the Council of Political and Security Affairs; the Arabic article names Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud as his predecessor, the English article Youssef bin Ali Al Idrissi ^{2 1}. He also sits on the boards of the Saudi Data and AI Authority and the National Cybersecurity Authority ². No text read for this record names a faith for Al Humaidan himself, so his faith is recorded as unknown ^{1 2 3}.

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