Rashad Pharaon

Rashad Pharaon (Arabic: رشاد فرعون; 1912–1990) was a Syrian-born Saudi Arabian medical doctor who served as the personal physician of Ibn Saud, founder of Saudi Arabia.

[4] Shukri Quwatli, future president of Syria, was instrumental in Rashad's migration to Saudi Arabia.

[5] Pharaon was briefly the Saudi ambassador to Spain from 1953 to 1954 and was made the minister of health in 1954 which he held until July 1960.

[1] Based on the statements of Ahmed bin Abdul Wahap Russian Arabist Alexei Vassiliev reports that Pharaon was the closest person to King Faisal during his reign.

[3] Although he was a native of Syria, Pharaon was among the allies of the king who were opponents of the Syrian Ba'ath regime.