Following this, he was appointed Minister of Higher Education by King Fahd.[1] During his tenure, he increased the number of governmental universities from 7 to 28, established more than 500 colleges, and led the implementation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Scholarship program.[2] Angari's term ended on 8 December 2014, and Khalid bin Abdullah Al Sabti replaced him as minister of higher education.[6] He opened a four-day, 450 person higher education fair, which was conceived to allow Saudi students opportunities to study abroad and to meet with international institutions.[7]