F o u n d e r

AHMED ZAKI YAMANI,

Born in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 1930.

Education:

• Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (License en Droit, 1952).

• New York University, Graduate Studies in Law. New York (L.L.M.)

• Harvard University ,School of Law Cambridge Massachusetts (L.L.M.)1956.

Experience:

• 1957 Formerly, Advisor of the Saudi Council of Ministers,

• 1960 Cabinet Member as Minister of State.

• 1962-1986  Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

• First Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
    Countries (OPEC). 

• Regarded as the Architect of many of the Kingdom’s modern laws and regulations.

• Founder and Chairman of the Center for Global Energy Studies &   Founder and Chairman  of Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation.
   

Languages:

Arabic, English and French.

Practice Areas:

Islamic Law, Energy, Government Affairs and Procedures