Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 48

28-Nov-2011

LIBYA

Ben Yezza Takes Helm Of Libyan Oil Industry

Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) on 22 November named a new interim Libyan government. Eni executive ʹAbd al-Rahman Ben Yezza is the new oil minister. His appointment had been expected, but several who had been tipped for office, including Ali Tarhuni, who has held the NTC’s oil and finance portfolio since the outbreak of Libyan revolution in late February,...