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Mustafa Wahba was born in Kuwait, and his father was [[Hafiz Wahba]] who was one of the advisors of [[King Abdulaziz]] and was the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom.<ref name=to20>{{cite journal|author=Toby Matthiesen
Mustafa Wahba was born in Kuwait, and his father was [[Hafiz Wahba]] who was one of the advisors of [[King Abdulaziz]] and was the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom.<ref name=to20>{{cite journal|author=Toby Matthiesen
|title=The Cold War and the Communist Party of Saudi Arabia, 1975–1991|journal=Journal of Cold War Studies|date=2020
|title=The Cold War and the Communist Party of Saudi Arabia, 1975–1991|journal=Journal of Cold War Studies|date=2020
|volume=22|issue=3 |page=35|url=https://direct.mit.edu/jcws/article/22/3/32/95295/The-Cold-War-and-the-Communist-Party-of-Saudi}}</ref><ref name=kai>{{cite book|author=Kai Bird|author-link=Kai Bird|title=Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9FZaNi5ToYC&pg=PA126
|volume=22|issue=3|page=35|url=https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_a_00950|doi=10.1162/jcws_a_00950}}</ref><ref name=kai>{{cite book|author=Kai Bird|author-link=Kai Bird|title=Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9FZaNi5ToYC&pg=PA126|year=2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4391-7160-8|page=126|location=New York}}</ref> His mother was a Kuwaiti woman, Sheikha bint Hussain Al Masoud.<ref name=elaph>{{cite news|title=عاش مع الطريقي طفولة الكويت، السيد مصطفى حافظ وهبة لـ"إيلاف" : لم يكن الطريقي متعالياً ولا مغروراً، وعلى طاشكندي أن يراجع كلامه!!|access-date=7 May 2021|work=Elaph|date=24 June 2003
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|language=ar|url=https://elaph.com/Web/Archive/1056434797410822700.html}}</ref> He had two full-sisters.<ref name=elaph/> [[Abdullah Tariki]] who became the Saudi minister of oil in 1960 was one of Mustafa Wahba's childhood friends, and they first met in Kuwait.<ref name=elaph/><ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Vitalis|title=America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier|isbn=978-0-8047-5446-0|publisher=Stanford University Press
|date=20 April 2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4391-7160-8|page=126|location=New York}}</ref> His mother was a Kuwaiti woman, Sheikha bint Hussain Al Masoud.<ref name=elaph>{{cite news|title=عاش مع الطريقي طفولة الكويت، السيد مصطفى حافظ وهبة لـ"إيلاف" : لم يكن الطريقي متعالياً ولا مغروراً، وعلى طاشكندي أن يراجع كلامه!!
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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW4iR67-3U4C&pg=PR23|year=2007|page=23|location=Stanford, CA}}</ref>
|url=https://elaph.com/Web/Archive/1056434797410822700.html|access-date=7 May 2021|work=Elaph|date=24 June 2003
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|language=Arabic}}</ref> He had two full-sisters.<ref name=elaph/> [[Abdullah Tariki]] who became the Saudi minister of oil in 1960 was one of Mustafa Wahba's childhood friends, and they first met in Kuwait.<ref name=elaph/><ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Vitalis|title=America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier|isbn=978-0-8047-5446-0
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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW4iR67-3U4C&pg=PR23|year=2007|publisher=Stanford University Press|page=23
|location=Stanford, CA}}</ref>


Mustafa Wahba started his education in Egypt and attended [[Victoria College, Alexandria|Victoria College]] in [[Alexandria]].<ref name=kai/><ref name=elaph/> He received a bachelor's degree in economics from [[Cambridge University]].<ref name=kai/><ref name=taas/> Following his graduation he began to work in the Saudi embassy in London where his father was the Saudi Ambassador and then, worked in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in [[Jeddah]].<ref name=elaph/> Next, he was employed in [[Aramco]] in the late 1950s<ref name=kai/> and served as the deputy director general of petroleum and mineral affairs in the [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Aramco Announces New Board Chairman, President, Directors|journal=Sun and Flare|date=27 May 1959|volume=XV|issue=21|publisher=Arabian American Oil Company
Mustafa Wahba started his education in Egypt and attended [[Victoria College, Alexandria|Victoria College]] in [[Alexandria]].<ref name=kai/><ref name=elaph/> He received a bachelor's degree in economics from [[Cambridge University]].<ref name=kai/><ref name=taas/> Following his graduation he began to work in the Saudi embassy in London where his father was the Saudi Ambassador and then, worked in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in [[Jeddah]].<ref name=elaph/> Next, he was employed in [[Aramco]] in the late 1950s<ref name=kai/> and served as the deputy director general of petroleum and mineral affairs in the [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Aramco Announces New Board Chairman, President, Directors|journal=Sun and Flare|date=27 May 1959|volume=XV|issue=21|publisher=Arabian American Oil Company
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Mustafa Wahba was one of the supporters of the reformist royals and political figures, including [[Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Talal]] and Abdullah Tariki.<ref name=kai/> In 1960 Mustafa Wahba was appointed deputy finance minister by [[King Saud]] making him an assistant to Prince Talal, the minister of finance.<ref name=alr2018>{{cite book|author=Toby Matthiesen|title=Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia|location=New York
Mustafa Wahba was one of the supporters of the reformist royals and political figures, including [[Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Talal]] and Abdullah Tariki.<ref name=kai/> In 1960 Mustafa Wahba was appointed deputy finance minister by [[King Saud]] making him an assistant to Prince Talal, the minister of finance.<ref name=alr2018>{{cite book|author=Toby Matthiesen|title=Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia|location=New York
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfhyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA223|year=2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-090174-5|page=223|editor=Madawi Al Rasheed|chapter=Saudi Arabia and the Cold War}}</ref> The cabinet also included other reformists, including Abdullah Tariki.<ref name=kai/> Wahba was removed from the office in 1962 when [[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia|Crown Prince]] [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Faisal]] assumed the premiership again.<ref name=alr2018/> Then Wahba dealt with the consulting business and stayed in Saudi Arabia until 1968 when King Faisal ordered him to leave the country.<ref name=to20/> The King stripped Wahba and his family of their Saudi citizenship.<ref name=to20/>
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfhyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA223|year=2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-090174-5|page=223|editor=Madawi Al Rasheed|chapter=Saudi Arabia and the Cold War}}</ref> The cabinet also included other reformists, including Abdullah Tariki.<ref name=kai/> Wahba was removed from the office in 1962 when [[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia|Crown Prince]] [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Faisal]] assumed the premiership again.<ref name=alr2018/> Then Wahba dealt with the consulting business and stayed in Saudi Arabia until 1968 when King Faisal ordered him to leave the country.<ref name=to20/> The King stripped Wahba and his family of their Saudi citizenship.<ref name=to20/>


Wahba went to [[the Soviet Union]] and then, to Syria where he settled.<ref name=taas/> Next, he went to Kuwait where he contributed to the establishment of the Communist Party in Saudi Arabia.<ref name=to20/> He became the first secretary general of the party under the alias Mahdi Habib.<ref name=taas>{{cite journal|author=Mohammed Turki A. Al Sudairi|title=Marx's Arabian Apostles: The Rise and Fall of the Saudi Communist Movement|journal=Middle East Institute|date=2019|volume=73|issue=3|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/736469/pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
Wahba went to [[the Soviet Union]] and then, to Syria where he settled.<ref name=taas/> Next, he went to Kuwait where he contributed to the establishment of the Communist Party in Saudi Arabia.<ref name=to20/> He became the first secretary general of the party under the alias Mahdi Habib.<ref name=taas>{{cite journal|author=Mohammed Turki A. Al Sudairi|title=Marx's Arabian Apostles: The Rise and Fall of the Saudi Communist Movement|journal=Middle East Institute|date=2019|volume=73|issue=3|url=https://doi.org/10.3751/73.3.15|doi=10.3751/73.3.15}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Checklist of Communist Parties in 1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=taUqAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA61
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|volume=XXXVIII|date=January-February 1989|journal=Problems of Communism|page=61|author=Richard F. Staart}}</ref> He held the title from 1975 to 1991 when the party was dissolved.<ref name=taas/> He was living in Amman, Jordan, at the beginning of the 2000s.<ref name=elaph/>
|title=Problems of Communism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=taUqAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA61
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|year=1989|publisher=International Information Administration|page=61}}</ref> He held the title from 1975 to 1991 when the party was dissolved.<ref name=taas/> He was living in Amman, Jordan, at the beginning of the 2000s.<ref name=elaph/>


He married an Austrian woman from [[Graz]] with whom he had two daughters.<ref name=kai/> Later he wed a Jordanian woman.<ref name=elaph/>
He married an Austrian woman from [[Graz]] with whom he had two daughters.<ref name=kai/> Later he wed a Jordanian woman.<ref name=elaph/>

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Mustafa Wahba
Deputy finance minister
In office
1960–1962
Secretary General of the Communist Party in Saudi Arabia
In office
1975–1991
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
BornKuwait
NationalitySaudi Arabian (until 1968)
Parent(s)Sheikha bint Hussain Al Masoud (mother)
Hafiz Wahba (father)
Alma materCambridge University

Mustafa Wahba was a Saudi Arabian economist who served as deputy finance minister from 1960 to 1962. In addition, he was the first and long-term secretary general of the Communist Party in Saudi Arabia between 1975 and 1991.

Biography

Mustafa Wahba was born in Kuwait, and his father was Hafiz Wahba who was one of the advisors of King Abdulaziz and was the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[1][2] His mother was a Kuwaiti woman, Sheikha bint Hussain Al Masoud.[3] He had two full-sisters.[3] Abdullah Tariki who became the Saudi minister of oil in 1960 was one of Mustafa Wahba's childhood friends, and they first met in Kuwait.[3][4]

Mustafa Wahba started his education in Egypt and attended Victoria College in Alexandria.[2][3] He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Cambridge University.[2][5] Following his graduation he began to work in the Saudi embassy in London where his father was the Saudi Ambassador and then, worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jeddah.[3] Next, he was employed in Aramco in the late 1950s[2] and served as the deputy director general of petroleum and mineral affairs in the Eastern Province.[6] However, he was fired soon due to his progressive ideas.[2]

Mustafa Wahba was one of the supporters of the reformist royals and political figures, including Prince Talal and Abdullah Tariki.[2] In 1960 Mustafa Wahba was appointed deputy finance minister by King Saud making him an assistant to Prince Talal, the minister of finance.[7] The cabinet also included other reformists, including Abdullah Tariki.[2] Wahba was removed from the office in 1962 when Crown Prince Faisal assumed the premiership again.[7] Then Wahba dealt with the consulting business and stayed in Saudi Arabia until 1968 when King Faisal ordered him to leave the country.[1] The King stripped Wahba and his family of their Saudi citizenship.[1]

Wahba went to the Soviet Union and then, to Syria where he settled.[5] Next, he went to Kuwait where he contributed to the establishment of the Communist Party in Saudi Arabia.[1] He became the first secretary general of the party under the alias Mahdi Habib.[5][8] He held the title from 1975 to 1991 when the party was dissolved.[5] He was living in Amman, Jordan, at the beginning of the 2000s.[3]

He married an Austrian woman from Graz with whom he had two daughters.[2] Later he wed a Jordanian woman.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Toby Matthiesen (2020). "The Cold War and the Communist Party of Saudi Arabia, 1975–1991". Journal of Cold War Studies. 22 (3): 35. doi:10.1162/jcws_a_00950.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Kai Bird (2010). Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4391-7160-8.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "عاش مع الطريقي طفولة الكويت، السيد مصطفى حافظ وهبة لـ"إيلاف" : لم يكن الطريقي متعالياً ولا مغروراً، وعلى طاشكندي أن يراجع كلامه!!". Elaph (in Arabic). 24 June 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ Robert Vitalis (2007). America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8047-5446-0.
  5. ^ a b c d Mohammed Turki A. Al Sudairi (2019). "Marx's Arabian Apostles: The Rise and Fall of the Saudi Communist Movement". Middle East Institute. 73 (3). doi:10.3751/73.3.15.
  6. ^ "Aramco Announces New Board Chairman, President, Directors" (PDF). Sun and Flare. XV (21). Dhahran: Arabian American Oil Company. 27 May 1959.
  7. ^ a b Toby Matthiesen (2018). "Saudi Arabia and the Cold War". In Madawi Al Rasheed (ed.). Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-19-090174-5.
  8. ^ Richard F. Staart (January–February 1989). "Checklist of Communist Parties in 1988". Problems of Communism. XXXVIII: 61.
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