Ahmed Zaki Yamani

Ahmed Zaki Yamani (Arabic: أحمد زكي يمانيcode: ar is deprecated ; 30 June 1930 – 23 February 2021) was a Saudi politician and long-serving oil minister. He served as the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia from 1962 to 1986.

Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Zaki Yamani (left), with Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources [[Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources]]
In office 9 March 1962 – 5 October 1986
Preceded by	Abdullah Tariki
Succeeded by	Hisham Nazer
Personal details
Born	(1930-06-30)30 June 1930 Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Died	23 February 2021(2021-02-23) (aged 90) London, United Kingdom
Nationality	Saudi Arabian
Alma mater	Cairo University New York University Harvard Law School University of Exeter

As the public face of Saudi oil policy during a critical period, Yamani played a key role in the development of OPEC and global energy politics in the 1970s and 1980s.

He died on 23 February 2021 in London at the age of 90.