Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi

Vice Admiral (rtd) Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi (Arabic: عواد بن عيد العرادي البلوي), the Director General of Saudi Arabian Border Guards till 20 Aug. 2020 and appointed as a member of the Shura Council on 2nd Sep. 2024. He was the chairman and the head of the scientific Committee of the 1st International Symposium for the safety and security of land and maritime borders in Jeddah. He was a member of the delegate of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the International Maritime Organization IMO and represent the Kingdom as a Member of the Council and in the General Assembly of IMO. Vice Adm. Al-Balawi chaired several high-level meetings for the signatory states of Djibouti Code of Conduct which resulted in the adoption of Jeddah Amendments in 2017  as the Code was reviewed and expanded to include combating piracy and armed robbery of ships as well as illegal maritime activities in the western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden.

He chaired the Permanent Committee to Manage Maritime Disasters.