Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Ahmed Zaki Yamani | |
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Zaki Yamani (left), with Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi | |
| Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources [[Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources]] | |
| In office 9 March 1962 – 5 October 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Abdullah Tariki |
| Succeeded by | Hisham Nazer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1930 Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 23 February 2021 (aged 90) London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
| Alma mater | Cairo University New York University Harvard Law School University of Exeter |
Ahmed Zaki Yamani (Arabic: أحمد زكي يماني; 30 June 1930 – 23 February 2021) was a Saudi politician and long-serving oil minister. He served as the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia from 1962 to 1986.
As the public face of Saudi oil policy during a critical period, Yamani played a key role in the development of OPEC and global energy politics in the 1970s and 1980s.
He died on 23 February 2021 in London at the age of 90.[1]
References
- ↑ "Long-serving Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani dies at 90". Associated Press. 23 February 2021.