Mustafa Wahba was a Saudi Arabian economist who served as deputy finance minister from 1960 to 1962.
12 Facts About Mustafa Wahba
Mustafa Wahba was born in Kuwait, and his father was Hafiz Wahba who was one of the advisors of King Abdulaziz and was the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Mustafa Wahba's mother was a Kuwaiti woman, Sheikha bint Hussain Al Masoud.
Mustafa Wahba started his education in Egypt and attended Victoria College in Alexandria.
Mustafa Wahba received a bachelor's degree in economics from Cambridge University.
Mustafa Wahba was one of the supporters of the reformist royals and political figures, including Prince Talal and Abdullah Tariki.
In 1960 Mustafa Wahba was appointed deputy finance minister by King Saud making him an assistant to Prince Talal, the minister of finance.
Mustafa Wahba went to the Soviet Union and then, to Syria where he settled.
Mustafa Wahba became the first secretary general of the party under the alias Mahdi Habib.
Mustafa Wahba held the title from 1975 to 1991 when the party was dissolved.
Mustafa Wahba was living in Amman, Jordan, at the beginning of the 2000s.
Mustafa Wahba married an Austrian woman from Graz with whom he had two daughters.