LIBYA - Profile - Ahmad Abdel Karim Ahmad.The Chairman of the state-owned state-owned adj → estatal, del estado state-owned adj → étatisé(e) state-owned state adj → National Oil Company (NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) and the man now in charge of the petroleum sector in Libya since Oct. 1, 2000, Abdel Karim is relatively a new figure. He has taken over from Abdullah Salem Al Badri. Badri was chairman of NOC's governing gov·ern v. gov·erned, gov·ern·ing, gov·erns v.tr. 1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in. 2. council and OPEC OPEC: see Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC in full Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Multinational organization established in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum production and export policies of its president until Oct. 1, when he was made deputy secretary general (deputy PM) for services related to health, education and transportation. From November 1992 until March 1, 2000, Badri was also secretary (minister) for energy. But that huge portfolio, which included the petroleum and electricity sectors, was abolished in March 2000. Now the petroleum sector is run by NOC's governing council, of which Ahmad Abdel Karim Ahmad is chairman. Until Oct. 1, Ahmad was a senior member of this council. In his 40s, he used to work for an oil company in London. He is said to have connections to key people in the first logic. |
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