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Nigerian Mohammed Barkindo appointed secretary-general of OPEC
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Mohammed Barkindo , newly-appointed secretary general of OPEC
A statement released by OPEC on Thursday said, the former head of Nigerian National Petroleum will replace Libyan Abdalla El-Badri who has held the position since 2007.
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Nigerian Mohammed Barkindo has been appointed as the new General Secretary of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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He was deputy MD of Nigeria LNG, and also as Nigeria’s national representative to Opec for close to two decades.
Although El-Badri’s tenure ended in 2012, the outgoing General Secretary was made to stay in office for 4 more years as OPEC could not agree on a successor.
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Mohammed Barkindo fought off competition from former Secretary-general Mahendra Siregar from Indonesia,
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Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khaled al-Falih is reported by BDLive.com to have said,
"We’ve finally selected the secretary-general, which is good. He’s highly respected and qualified".
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