(1919-03-19)19 March 1919 Zulfi, Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
Died
7 September 1997(1997-09-07) (aged 78) Cairo, Egypt
Nationality
Saudi Arabian
Alma mater
Cairo University
University of Texas
Abdullah Tariki (19 March 1919–7 September 1997) (Arabic: عبدالله الطريقي) (alternate spelling of last name: al-Turayqi), also known as Red Sheikh,[1] was a Saudi politician and government official. He was the first Saudi oil minister appointed by King Saud and co-founder of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Historian Eugene Rogan called him "one of the first Arab oil experts."[2] In April 1959, Time magazine described him as "the unquestioned spokesman of the new generation of Arab experts on oil."[3]
^"Irresistible Libyan Crude". Middle East Online. 10 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
^Rogan, Eugene L. (2009). The Arabs: a history. New York, NY: Basic Books. pp. 357, 360. ISBN 978-0-465-07100-5.
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