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Ali Al-Naimi

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Ali Al-Naimi

Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi (Arabic: علي بن إبراهيم النعيمي) (born 2 August 1935) is a Saudi Arabian politician who was the Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from 1995 to 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Al-Naimi has received more than 227,830 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Al-Naimi is the 13,866th most popular politician (down from 11,372nd in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 158th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ali Al-Naimi ranks 13,866 out of 19,576. Before him are Imata Kabua, Jeremy Thorpe, Elise Richter, Kullervo Manner, Herneith, and Doryssus. After him are Givi Javakhishvili, Martin

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Ali al-Naimi was Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister for nearly 21 years. After rising through the ranks at Saudi Aramco, he became the kingdom's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in 1995 

In May, the time finally came for Ali al-Naimi – described by many as both the most influential non-royal in Saudi Arabia and the most powerful man in the oil industry – to step down from his position as the Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, a role he had held since 1995.

Not one to make a scene, the former oil minister made way for his successor Khalid al-Falih – Chairman of state-owned firm Saudi Aramco and close advisor to Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud – without ceremony. Speaking to the Financial Times, Yasser Elguindi, Oil Market Analyst at Medley Global Advisors, said: “These are big shoes to fill.” He added, however, “Khalid al-Falih will be up to the task”.

The Saudi Government shake-up, which affected not just the oil minister but a string of other senior figures also, brought a swift and decisive end to Naimi’s more-than-20-year t

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Ali Al-Naimi

Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi (Arabic: علي بن إبراهيم النعيمي) (born 2 August 1935)[2] is a Saudi Arabian politician who was the Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from 1995 to 2016.[3]

Early life and education

Naimi was born in Ar-Rakah in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. Born to Ibrahim, a pearl diver of the Al-Naimi tribe, and Fatima, a Bedouin of the Ajman, his parents became divorced during the pregnancy. As a consequence, Naimi was born into and lived the first eight years of his nomadic life with his mother's and stepfather's tribe. From the age of four, he tended the family's flock of lambs. His mother divorced his stepfather when Al-Naimi was eight, and Al-Naimi left the Ajmani tribe to live with his father in Al-Hasa.[4]

Naimi's older brother Abdullah was hired by Aramco in 1944, and attended the Jebel School run by the company. Abdullah took Ali along to the school, where they learned English, Arabic, and basic arithmetic in the mornings, then worked as office boys in the afternoon. Finally, on

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