OMAN - Profile - Ahmad Bin Abdel Nabi Makki.In October 1995 Makki was made deputy premier for economic and financial affairs to replace Qais Al Zawawi who died in a car accident on Sept. 11, 1995. On Dec. 19, 1995 Makki was made minister of economy and acting minister of finance. In the subsequent years, while retaining the economy and finance portfolios, Makki was made deputy chairman of the Financial Affairs and Energy Resources Council. This council is chaired by Sultan Qaboos. Makki retained all his posts in the limited cabinet reshuffle re·shuf·fle tr.v. re·shuf·fled, re·shuf·fling, re·shuf·fles 1. To shuffle again: reshuffle cards. 2. made by Sultan Qaboos on May 14, 2001. Sultan Qaboos used to retain the finance portfolio to himself, along with those of defence and foreign affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. . Giving it to Makki meant the latter was to become an influential figure in the government. Previously, Makki was minister of civil service in charge of the Omanisation drive (one of the Sultan's top priorities) and deputy chairman of the Central Bank. On Dec. 16, 1997, Makki was reconfirmed as minister of economy and finance and was given the development portfolio which he integrated into his ministry. As a result he has become more powerful. Makki also succeeded Zawawi as deputy chairman of the Supreme Council for Economic Planning economic planning, control and direction of economic activity by a central public authority. In its modern usage, economic planning tends to be pitted against the laissez-faire philosophy which developed in the 18th cent. . In Jan. 1996, the economy ministry's secretary general Mohammed Bin Nasser Al Khasibi was made vice president of Oman Oil Co. (OOC OOC Out of Character (online role-playing) OOC Out-Of-Character (gaming) OOC Out Of Control OOC Optical (WDM) Overhead Channel OOC Out-Of-Conference OOC Out of Context ). Previously, Khasibi was head of Zawawi's office. Makki, together with Commerc and Industry Minister Bin Sultan and Makki were behind the merger in mid-1997 of Oman Development Bank (ODB ODB Our Daily Bread ODB Object Database ODB Old Dirty Bastard (Wutang clan & rap group) ODB Old Dirty Bastard ODB Open Database ODB Ontario Drug Benefits ODB Cordoba Spain (airport code) ) and the Oman Bank for Agriculture & Fisheries fisheries. From earliest times and in practically all countries, fisheries have been of industrial and commercial importance. In the large N Atlantic fishing grounds off Newfoundland and Labrador, for example, European and North American fishing fleets have long (OBAF). Makki, the key man in the sultanate's privatisation Noun 1. privatisation - changing something from state to private ownership or control denationalisation, denationalization, privatization social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action programme, has strongly backed all private ventures in the fields of infrastructure, the power business such as the new IPPs projects, and the downstream oil and gas industries. He has the ear of Sultan Qaboos on many matters, including relations with the US and other Western powers. In one of his previous positions, Makki was Oman's ambassador to Washington. |
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