Background
Zaki Yamani, Ahmed was born on June 30, 1930 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Zaki Yamani, Ahmed was born on June 30, 1930 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (License en Droit, 1952). Harvard and New York Universities (Graduate studies in Law). Spoken languages: Arabic, English and French.
Worked at Law Offices of Ahmed Zaki Yamani (Jeddah) specializing in Islamic Law, Energy, Government Affairs and Procedures. Founder of The Law Offices of Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia's First Private Law Office, 1952. Formerly, Legal Advisor to the Saudi Council of Ministers, 1957.
Cabinet Member as Minister of State, 1960 and later as the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, 1962-1987. First Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and is regarded as the Architect of many of the Kingdom's modern laws and regulations. Chairman of the Centre for Global Energy Studies and the Al Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation.