Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 2

10-January-2005

OPEC President Appoints Shihab-Eldin Acting Secretary-General

Incoming OPEC President, Kuwaits Energy Minister Shaikh Ahmad Fahd al-Sabah has appointed OPEC Director of Research 'Adnan Shihab-Eldin as acting Secretary-General, as of 1 January. Former OPEC President and Indonesian Oil Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro held both posts during his incumbency which ended on 31 December. The post of secretary-general has been vacant since...