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Ali Al-Naimi

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

Early life and education

Naimi was born in Ar-Rakah in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.

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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 fallout, 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 , 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.

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Finally, on 6 December , Ali was hired as a junior clerk, but still attended school in the mornings.^[4]^{:&#;26–30,&#;36–37&#;}

Under the training programs of Aramco, he studied at International College, Beirut, and the American University of Beirut, before attending Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in geology in He then earned a Master of Science degree in hydrology and economic geology at Stanford University.^[5]^[6]

Naimi also attended advanced administration courses at Columbia University in and Harvard University in ^[4]^:&#;&#;

Career

After graduation, Naimi joined Aramco's exploration and production department as a geologist in He presented his first research paper, "The Groundwater of Northeastern Saudi Arabia", in In , he spent a year in the public relations department, before being assigned as the senior supervising operator for the Abqaiq Field in There he used an innovative gas injection method to revive the Ain Dar, No.

17, adv. On 1 April , Ali was made superintendent, assistant manager in , and then manager in ^[4]^{:&#;76,&#;82–89&#;}

He was promoted to manager of Northern Area producing in , which had responsibility for 11 of Aramco's 15 oil fields.

On 1 May , the Aramco board promoted Ali to be the vice president for producing and moisture injection. He was one of the leaders that initiated seawater injection as a replacement for well water.

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He was named president of Aramco Overseas Company before becoming a senior vice president in July ^[4]^{:&#;93,&#;95–96,&#;,&#;–&#;} Al Naimi was elected a member of board of directors in and was promoted to the newly created position of executive vice-president of oil and gas affairs in He was named president of Saudi Aramco in November ,^[7] being the first Saudi to hold that position.

In Al-Naimi assumed responsibilities as CEO.^[4]^:&#;,&#;&#;

He became the minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources on 2 August (his 60th birthday), replacing Hisham Nazer.^[5] Al-Naimi became the first oil executive to hold the office.

He was succeeded by Abdullah S. Jum'ah as CEO of Aramco.^[4]^:&#;–&#;

Also in , Naimi received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University^[8]

In December , the Saudi Supreme Petroleum Council, chaired by King Abdullah, asked Naimi to nominate candidates to succeed him as oil minister.^[9]

In November , still serving as Saudi oil minister and therefore the de facto leader of OPEC, Naimi became the primary advocate for the export organization's controversial new move.

He argued that the oil market should be left to rebalance itself at lower price levels, strategically rebuilding OPEC's long-term market share by ending the profitability of high-cost US shale oil production.^[10] In he announced that in the next years more investment will be made in renewable energy and solar technology, as he sees amazing potential in this area.^[11] Naimi completed his service as oil minister in May , as deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman took on a stronger role in Saudi oil policy.^[3] Naimi was replaced by former executive at state-owned oil business Saudi Aramco Khaled Al-Falih.^[12]^[13]

In Naimi published his memoirs with the title Out of the Desert.

The book gives insight into the domestic infighting and the future of Saudi Aramco.^[14]

Other positions

Naimi is chairman of the board of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).^[6]

Recognition

King Salman named Al-Naimi adviser to the Royal Court.^[4]^:&#;&#; Ali received an honorary degree from Seoul National University and there is an A.