Youssef bin Ali Al Idrissi

Youssef bin Ali Al Idrissi
Director General of General Intelligence Directorate
In office
April 2014 – 2015
Preceded byBandar bin Sultan Al Saud
Succeeded byKhalid bin Ali Al Humaidan

Youssef bin Ali Al Idrissi (Arabic: يوسف بن علي الإدريسي) is a Saudi intelligence officer. He was appointed deputy intelligence chief in October 2012, replacing Abdulaziz bin Bandar, a grandson of King Abdulaziz.[1] Al Idrissi was named the director of the General Intelligence Directorate in April 2014.[2][3][4][5] He was succeeded by Khalid bin Ali Al Humaidan in 2015.[6]

In March 2020 Al Idrissi was detained due to his alleged involvement in a coup against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.[7]

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  2. ^ Black, Ian (16 April 2014). "End of an era as Prince Bandar departs Saudi intelligence post". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Opinion | The Khashoggi killing had roots in a cutthroat Saudi family feud". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. ^ "1MDB Update - The Khashoggi killing had roots in a Saudi family feud". The Edge Markets. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  5. ^ Désveaux, Emmanuel (1996), "La mort: une affaire collective ?", La fin de la vie: Qui en décide ?, Presses Universitaires de France, p. 79, doi:10.3917/puf.fedid.1996.01.0079, ISBN 9782130481348
  6. ^ "Saudi journalist's dismembered body lands at Trump's White House". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  7. ^ "MbS moves to quash dissent with detainment of senior Saudi royals". Castlereagh Associates. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.