Who is Zaki Yaman?

Question

Perhaps he had been some important man in Saudi Arabia about two decades ago.

Answer 1

Ahmad Zaki al-Yamani (1930– )

Saudi Arabian politician, oil minister 1962–86. An exemplar of a new generation of young, Western-trained technocrats who came to serve the ruling al-Saud family, al-Yamani rose to prominence as the government's legal adviser from 1958, and in 1962 became minister of oil and natural resources. He remained in this post until October 1986 and during these years was the most influential figure within the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC), the cartel of oil-producing states formed in 1960. He played a key role in orchestrating, through restrictions on output, the surge in world oil prices during the 1970s, which saw Saudi annual oil revenues rise from $2.7 billion in 1972 to $102 billion in 1981. During the early 1980s al-Yamani changed strategy and advocated increased Saudi, and OPEC, oil production, in an effort to maintain the cartel's share of world output. The consequence was a fall in world oil prices, which raised al-Yamani's popularity in the West, but led to his dismissal in 1986.

Educated at Cairo, New York, and at Harvard University, he was a lawyer before entering politics.

Answer 2

Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد زكي يماني) (born 1930 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia) was Saudi Arabia's Minister of Oil (Petroleum) and Mineral Resources from 1962 until 1986, and a minister in OPEC for 25 years.

With a degree from, among other places, Harvard Law School, Yamani became a close adviser to the Saudi government in 1958 and then became oil minister in 1962. He is best known for his role during the 1973 oil embargo, when he spurred OPEC to quadruple the price of crude oil. During that time, Yamani gained a colourful international reputation, known in the West for both diplomatic skills and characteristic goatee.

In December 1975, Yamani and several other OPEC ministers were taken hostage by notorious terrorist Carlos (the Jackal) in Vienna, Austria. He was later released after Carlos spent two days riding an airplane across the Middle East even though Carlos was ordered by his superiors to execute Yamani.

In October 1986, King Fahd dismissed Yamani as Saudi oil minister. The reasons for this include the Saudi government's insistence on setting their own oil policy. In 1990, he founded the Centre for Global Energy Studies, a market analysis group.

Recently, he has condemned the US Invasion of Iraq. Some commentators predict his return to the Saudi government on the passing of King Fahd.
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For more info about early life or other info go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Zaki_Yamani

Good luck.

Answer 3

Dr. Ahmad Zaki Yaman, the former Saudi oil minister and architect of OPEC.

Answer 4

Zaki Yaman thz ma dad

Answer 5

He runs an Oriental Food Store in British West Hartlepool.

Answer 6

Wasn't he the Saudi oil minister?

Answer 7

I'm not sure but it spells Namay Ikaz when written backwards, coinsidense? I Think so!

Answer 8

who are you ?....lol...!!!!!!!!
who gives a f...... !!!!
joking.....
i don't know mate...tell me....who is zaki yaman.. ????

a wild guess.....your milkman ..!!!
or.................... your local newsagent ...!!
or................. an arabian drink..!!!!!
or............. a rastafarian pretending to be in dubai.. !!!

god bless mate..

Answer 9

No idea.