biography
| name: |
Yamani, Ahmed Zaki, Sheikh
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pronunciation:
[yamahnee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1930– )
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| biography:
| Saudi Arabian politician. He studied at Cairo, New York, and Harvard universities, and was a lawyer before entering politics. Minister of petroleum and mineral resources (1962–86), he was an important and ‘moderate’ member of the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC). He founded, and is chairman of, the Centre for Global Energy Studies, a non-profit organization based in London. |
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