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The nine-member Civil Service Board, responsible to the
Council of Ministers, exercised formal authority over the
employees of all ministries, government organizations, and
autonomous agencies. It presided over the Civil Service Bureau,
which implemented the decisions and directives of the Civil
Service Board that pertained to grade classification, pay rates,
recruitment and personnel needs, and personnel evaluation.
Beginning in the early 1970s, the number of civil service
employees in Saudi Arabia increased dramatically as the
government expanded its social services. By 1992 an estimated
400,000 persons were government employees, including about
100,000 foreign nationals.
During the 1970s, the number of autonomous agencies also
expanded. Although most of these agencies were under the
administrative auspices of a particular ministry, each agency had
its own budget and operated with considerable independence.
Several agencies, including the General Audit Bureau, the
Grievances Board, the Investigation and Control Board, and the
Organization for Public Services and Discipline, were not
attached to any particular ministry. The latter three agencies
were responsible, respectively, for hearing complaints of
misconduct by civil service employees, investigating complaints
against government officials, and dispensing disciplinary action
against civil servants judged guilty of malfeasance in office.
Civil servants were classified either as government officials
(professionals who comprised three-quarters of total government
employees in 1992) and lower-paid employees. All civil servants
were ranked according to grade, and advancement depended on merit
and seniority. Training was provided within each ministry and at
the Institute of Public Administration, an autonomous government
agency with its main training center in Riyadh, and at branches
in Jiddah and Ad Dammam.
Data as of December 1992
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