Saudi chairman of the Shoura council dies at 76

The Saudi royal court on Thursday announced the death of Sheikh Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Jubeir, the chairman of the Shoura council in Saudi Arabia who died at 76.

A statement by the royal court said that Sheikh Jubeir died of " cancer" and that he was admitted to the " specialized hospital."

Sheikh Bin Jubeir had several positions. He was a judge in Mecca. then a minister of justice and then a chairman of the al-Mazalem court and at last he was appointed as chairman of the Shoura council.

Prayers on the body of the deceased was made on Thursday at the mosque of Imam Turkey Bin Abdullah in al-Riyadh.