VOL. XXX

NO. 13

5-JANUARY-1987

SAUDI ARABIA

Nazer Confirmed as Oil Minister

On 24 December King Fahd of Saudi Arabia issued a decree appointing Mr.Hisham Nazer as Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. Mr. Nazer, theMinister of Planning, was named acting Oil Minister in the decree dismissing theprevious Oil Minister, Shaikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani (MEES, 3 November 1986). Mr. Nazer will continue to oversee the Planning Ministry as acting Minister ofPlanning.