A Saudi princess in an official post

The Saudi official news agency reported on Monday said that a Saudi princess was appointed on Monday in the post of assistant secretary at the ministry of education. It is the highest administrative post assigned to a woman in Saudi Arabia.

The news agency added that it was announced in conclusion of a session for the Cabinet chaired by King Fahed Bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in Jeddah to appoint Princess al-Jawhara Bint Fahed Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman al-Saud in the post of the assistant secretary for educational affairs in the public presidency for the education of girlsí.

Therefore, Princess al-Jawhara will be a state employee at 14th degree in the Saudi administration whose total degrees are 16.