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Ahmed Zaki Yamani

1930 - 2021

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Ahmed Zaki Yamani (Arabic: أحمد زكي يماني; 30 June 1930 – 23 February 2021) was a Saudi Arabian politician who served as Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources under four Saudi monarchs from 1962 to 1986, and a minister in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for 25 years. With degrees from institutions including New York University School of Law, Harvard Law School, and a doctorate from the University of Exeter, Yamani became a close adviser to the Saudi government in 1958 and then became oil minister in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmed Zaki Yamani has received more than 341,017 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ahmed Zaki Yamani is the 6,916th most popular politician (up from 8,948th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 137th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmed Zaki Yamani ranks 6,916 out of 15,577Before him are Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Gero, Urraca of Portugal, Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, Annia Faustina, and Floriano Peixoto. After him are Cestius Gallus, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Michael I Apafi, Edward the Exile, Friedrich Kellner, and Herman VI, Margrave of Baden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ahmed Zaki Yamani ranks 140Before him are Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Anatoly Lukyanov, Igor Netto, Dick Sargent, and Jo Bonnier. After him are Jasper Johns, Anisa Makhlouf, Bo Widerberg, Georgiy Daneliya, James Baker, and Ilon Wikland. Among people deceased in 2021, Ahmed Zaki Yamani ranks 166Before him are Anna Chromý, Clément Mouamba, Enrique Bolaños, Etel Adnan, Lucinda Riley, and Mira Furlan. After him are Wilfried Van Moer, Tarcisio Burgnich, Laila Halme, Đorđe Balašević, Poul Schlüter, and Hugo Maradona.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Zaki Yamani ranks 135 out of 251Before him are Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Abu Darda (580), Fatimah bint Musa (790), Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850), Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (null), and Saleh Al-Fawzan (1933). After him are 'Abd al-Ilah (1913), Umm Ruman (null), Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen (1925), Abu Dujana (null), 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (null), and Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (1956).

Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Zaki Yamani ranks 43Before him are Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (1910), Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), Al-Mughira (600), Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850), and Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (null). After him are 'Abd al-Ilah (1913), Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (1956), Muhammad bin Nayef (1959), Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944), Mohammad bin Salman (1985), and Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud (1721).