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22/29-DECEMBER-1986

SAUDI ARABIA

Taher Dismissed from Petromin

King Fahd ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz has dismissed Dr. Abdulhady Taher from hisposition as Governor of Petromin, the state oil agency. A royal edict issued on16 December states that Dr. Taher "is relieved of his post as Governor ofthe General Petroleum and Mineral Organization (Petromin) and retired.'' Noreplacement for Dr. Taher, who had been head of Petromin since 1962, has yetbeen named.