Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. LIV
No 20
16-May-2011
KUWAIT
Kuwait Gets New Oil Minister
Kuwaits government announced its latest oil minister on 8 May Muhammad al-Busairi, a former communications minister, with previous careers in parliament and academia. Although he has a degree in mechanical engineering he has no oil background. The position always requires a skilled politician, not a technocrat. He has a technical team to advise him, a Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) official...
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