Abdallah Salem el-Badri
| Abdallah Salem el-Badri | |
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| عبد الله سالم البدري | |
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| 20th and 27th Secretary General of OPEC | |
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In office 1 January 2007 – 31 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund Daukoru |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Barkindo |
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In office 1 July 1994 – 31 December 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Subroto |
| Succeeded by | Rilwanu Lukman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 May 1940 Ghemines, Libya |
| Alma mater | Florida Southern College |
Abdalla Salem el-Badri (born 25 May 1940) A former Libyan official, public servent and a onetime Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary for Oil, Energy, and again for Management. Stepping down in August 2016; He is the longest-serving Secretary General of OPEC, holding the position in 1994 and then 2007-2016. He is a citizen of Libya and resides in Austria. He is married with five children.[1] OPEC selected Nigeria's Mohammed Barkindo to succeed el-Badri as Secretary General, effective 1 August 2016.[2] One of their predecessors was Omar el-Badri who held the position in 1970,[3] although OPEC does not disclose any relation between its two Libyan Secretaries General with the same family name.
Abdalla El-Badri was born in Ghemines, Libya, and graduated cum laude from Florida Southern College in 1975 with a B.S. in accounting. He served as the Libyan Minister for Oil from 1990, the post being expanded to cover electricity in 1993. In 2000, he moved to become Under-Secretary for Services, then in 2002 he became Deputy Prime Minister. From 2002 to 2004, he served as Minister for Management.[4]
References
- ↑ "El-Badri CV", OPEC, January 2016.
- ↑ "OPEC 169th Meeting concludes", OPEC, 2 June 2016.
- ↑ "Secretaries General of OPEC 1961–2008", OPEC.
- ↑ "Mr. Abdullah Salem El Badri Appointed as The Secretary General for the OPEC Organization", National Oil Corporation (Libya), December 2006.