General Presidency for the affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque government agency is directly linked to the Prime Minister and Chairman of the machine heads the rank of minister and now hold the position of His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Sudais.
It is the headquarters of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, near the Grand Mosque and keep track of the presidency and the agency Related to oversee the holy mosque, based in Medina.
Date back to its inception in 1384 under the name of his:
General Presidency of religious supervision of the Holy Mosque
To the task of overseeing the education and counseling, teaching and guidance, and the Imamate and rhetoric at the Sacred Mosque, and its first president Eminence Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Humaid - God bless his soul -.
In 1397 it issued Royal Decree No. (A / 265) in (06/11/1397 e) the establishment of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, headed by Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Rashed - God bless his soul - then headed by His Eminence Sheikh Sulaiman bin Obaid, then Eminence Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah way, then HE Dr. Sheikh Saleh bin Hameed, head of the Shura Council, and HE Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulrahman hippocampus, and now headed by HE Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais and the jurisprudence of God and in 1398 released the Higher Committee for Administrative Reform resolution No. (79) in (30/01/1398 AH ) to approve the terms of reference and functions of the presidency.
In 1407 it issued Royal Decree No. (7 / B / 855) in (06/07/1407 e) changing the name of the General Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques to the General Presidency of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque.
In 1414 it issued Royal Decree No. (7 / B / 1098) in (15/07/1414 e) to include covering of the Kaaba factory to the presidency.
The exercise presidential functions and terms of reference for the Two Holy Mosques, including:
1. religious, administrative and technical supervision and service in each of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque.
2. responsibility to do the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Two Holy Mosques.
3. supervision of the Two Holy Mosques libraries.
4. do responsibly watering Zamzam and hygiene, brushes and maintenance Two Holy Mosques.
5. planning, management and implementation of construction projects of the Two Holy Mosques.
6. involvement in the presidency of Hajj Supreme Committee and the Committee of the Central Hajj and a number of committees.