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Top Story February 24, 2021 RIYADH: Former Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, a key player behind the 1973 oil embargo, died Tuesday aged 90 after a long career that laid the foundations of the kingdom’s energy sector. Yamani, dubbed by local papers as the “godfather of black gold”, died in London, said state-owned El-Ekhbariya television, without giving the cause. It said he will be buried in the holy city of Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia, where he was born. Yamani, who served as oil minister from 1962 until 1986, was the first Saudi representative in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Known for his elegant manner and trademark goatee beard, Yamani’s ‘ 24-year tenure running the oil affairs of the world’s biggest crude producer made him a global celebrity during the inflationary “oil shocks” of the 1970s.

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