Abdallah Salem el-Badri

Abdallah Salem el-Badri
عبد الله سالم البدري
20th and 27th Secretary General of OPEC
In office
1 January 2007  31 July 2016
Preceded by Edmund Daukoru
Succeeded by Mohammed Barkindo
In office
1 July 1994  31 December 1994
Preceded by Subroto
Succeeded by Rilwanu Lukman
Personal details
Born (1940-05-25) 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

  1. "El-Badri CV", OPEC, January 2016.
  2. "OPEC 169th Meeting concludes", OPEC, 2 June 2016.
  3. "Secretaries General of OPEC 1961–2008", OPEC.
  4. "Mr. Abdullah Salem El Badri Appointed as The Secretary General for the OPEC Organization", National Oil Corporation (Libya), December 2006.


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