Saeed M. Badeeb was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After earning a B.A. in 1971 and an M.A. in 1975 from the University of Karachi, Pakistan, in 1983 he received a Master of Philosophy degree and in 1985 a Ph.D. from The George Washington University. His fields of specialization were International Relations and Comparative Government and Politics. From 1972 to 1975 Badeeb served as First Secretary of the Saudi Government Advisory Council (Royal Court). From 1980 to 1984 he served as a political adviser in the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. He is currently a deputy minister without portfolio in the government of Saudi Arabia.