Nizar bin Obaid Madani (Arabic: نزار بن عبيد مدني; born 1941) was the state minister for foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

[3][4] He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political science from Cairo University in 1964.

[3] He earned a master's degree in international relations at American University, Washington, D.C. in 1971.

[3] His thesis is entitled The Islamic Content of the Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia.

[5] Madani joined the ministry of foreign affairs as an attaché in 1965 where he then proceeded to the Saudi embassy in Washington in 1968, eventually taking the position of Chargé d'affaires.