RIYADH: Prominent Saudi adviser Hassan bin Youssef Yassin, who lived through the reigns of all the kings and served in several advisory roles, passed away on Sunday.
His life was closely connected to the modern history and development of Saudi Arabia, during which he witnessed successive Saudi kings and devoted his life to serving the Kingdom.
Yassin worked closely with Saudi petroleum ministers Abdullah Tariki and Ahmed Zaki Yamani from 1959 to 1967. He headed the Saudi Information Office in Washington from 1972 to 1981 and served with the Arab League observer delegation to the UN from 1981 to 1983.
He represented the continuation of a family legacy rooted in the career of his father, Sheikh Youssef Yassin, a prominent political adviser to King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. Yassin the elder served as a key figure in the Kingdom’s founding political and diplomatic era.
Hassan Yassin was a columnist for Arab News.
