Long-serving Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani dies at 90
By JON GAMBRELLFebruary 23, 2021 GMT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Ahmed Zaki Yamani, a long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis that shattered the West and once found himself held hostage by the assassin Carlos the Jackal, died Tuesday in London. He was 90.
Saudi state television reported his death, without offering a cause. It said he would be buried in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
Known for his Western-style business suits and soft-spoken, measured tones, Yamani helped Saudi Arabia command a dominating presence in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries from its birth. The kingdom remains a heavyweight in the group even today and its decisions ripple through the oil industry, affecting prices from the barrel down to the gasoline pump.
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Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Key To Making Saudi Arabia A World Oil Power, Dies At 90
By Jackie Northam
February 23, 2021
Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia’s long-serving oil minister who was instrumental in catapulting the kingdom into the energy powerhouse it is today
, has died in London. He was 90 years old.
Yamani held enormous sway on the global stage during his nearly 25 years as oil minister,
starting in 1962, and rose to fame for engineering the 1973 oil embargo.
A devout Muslim, Yamani was born in the holy city of Mecca, the son of an Islamic judge who taught him to debate and think logically. Yamani earned higher education degrees abroad, at a university in Cairo, New York University and Harvard, before heading back to Saudi Arabia, where he gained a reputation as a brilliant lawyer and newspaper columnist.
Sheikh Yamani who made Saudi Arabia ‘oil-market superpower’ passes away
He was the first representative of Saudi Arabia on the board of governors of OPEC
By Sameer| Updated: 24th February 2021 12:11 pm IST Courtesy twitter/TheNationalNews
Jeddah: Saudi Arabia’s former minister of petroleum and mineral resources Sheikh Yamani, who made the Kingdom an ‘oil-market superpower’, passed away in London on Tuesday. He was 91 years old.
According to a report in the Saudi Gazette, his funeral prayer will be held at Grand Mosque, Makkah. Later, his body will be laid to rest in Al-Mualla Cemetery.
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