Hoda Al Helaissi
Member of the Saudi Shura Council.
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Name in Arabic:
هدى بنت عبدالرحمن الحليسي
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Date of Birth:
1960
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66 Year)
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Nationality:
Saudi
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Country of Residence:
Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabia
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Hoda Al Helaissi's Bio
Member of the Shura Council since 2013, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
She has been a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the same council since November 16, 2020, a member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi-French Business Council since 2011, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Award for Translation. She has also been the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Norway since May 2019.
She was Vice Chair of the Coordinating Committee for Women Parliamentarians at the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an advisor to the Food and Drug Administration and the Council of Ministers' Experts, and a member of the Saudi Society for Educational and Psychological Sciences (JUSTEN), the Saudi Scientific Society for Languages and Translation, and the Higher Committee for Quality and Academic Accreditation at King Saud University .
She held several positions at the College of Languages and Translation at King Saud University , including: Deputy Dean of the English Language and Translation Department, Head of the European Languages and Translation Department, Deputy Dean of the Languages Unit at the College, Coordinator of the English Language Program at the same unit during 1991, Coordinator of the English Language Program at the Translation Department between 1991 and 1992, Coordinator of the French Language Programs at the College of European Languages and Translation between 1990 and 1996, and Lecturer at the French Language Department in 1989.
She received the Rawabi Award for promoting British-Saudi relations in 2017, the National Order of Merit, Officer Rank, in 2014, the Palme d'Or in 2009, the French government's Personality of the Future Award in 2014, and the Outstanding Assistant Professor Award from the University Studies Center at King Saud University .
She holds a Master's degree in French Language and Literature from the University of Colorado in the United States of America in 1987, and a Bachelor's degree in French and English from the University of London in the United Kingdom in 1982.




