Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah

Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah
Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar
In office
3 April 2007 – 18 January 2011
Monarch Hamad bin Khalifa
Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim
Preceded by Hamad bin Jassim
Succeeded by Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud
Minister of Industry and Energy
In office
12 January 1999 – 18 January 2011
Monarch Hamad bin Khalifa
Prime Minister Abdullah bin Khalifa
Hamad bin Jassim
Preceded by Khalid bin Hamad
Succeeded by Mohammed Saleh Al Sada
In office
28 March 1992 – 19 February 1995
Prime Minister Khalifa bin Hamad
Preceded by Jassim bin Hamad
Succeeded by Khalid bin Hamad
Personal details
Born 1951 (age 64–65)
Doha, Qatar
Religion Islam

Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah ( pronunciation  ahb-DUHL-lah bihn HAH-mahd al AH-tee-yah Arabic: عبدالله بن حمد العطية‎‎, born 1951) is the former deputy prime minister of Qatar and the head of the Emir's court.

Early life and education

Attiyah was born in 1951 or 1952.[1][2] In 1976, he graduated from the University of Alexandria, Egypt with a bachelor's degree.[2]

Career

Attiyah started his career in 1972 with the ministry of finance and petroleum of Qatar. From 1973 to 1986, he held a post of the head of international and public relations at the ministry. From 1986 to 1989, he served as the director of the office of the minister, and from 1989 to 1992, as the director of the office of the minister of interior and as the acting minister of finance and petroleum. From September 1992 to January 2011, Attiyah was the minister of energy and industry.[3][4] On 12 January 1999, he also assumed the responsibility for electricity and water issues as these sectors were merged into the ministry of energy and industry.[5] On 16 September 2003 he was appointed second deputy prime minister and on 3 April 2007, deputy prime minister.[3][4] On 18 January 2011 he was named head of the Amiri Diwan while remaining in the post of the deputy prime minister. In the post of minister of industry and energy he was replaced by Mohammed Saleh Al Sada.[6]

Since 1975, Attiyah has been the director of the Gulf Helicopters Corporation. From 1987 to 1995, he served as the deputy chairman of QTel. Since 1986, he has been member of the directors board of Gulf Airways Corporation and since 1992, the director of Qatar Petroleum.[3][4]

On 23 November 1993, Attiyah was named OPEC president and a member of the OPEC's quota compliance committee.[5] On 30 June 2009, at the eight ministerial meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Doha, Attiyah was elected as the chairman of the organization.[7][8][9] Although Gas Exporting Countries Forum has seen by some experts as an attempt to form 'gas-OPEC', Attiyah ruled out a creation of OPEC-like cartel.[10]

In 2011, Attiyah was appointed head of former Emir Hamad Al Thani's office and president of the Qatar Administrative Control and Transparency Authority.[1]

During the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Attiyah served as the chairman.[11]

Awards

In 2007, London-based the British Petroleum Intelligence Bulletin chose Attiyah as the Man of the Year in the field of development of hydrocarbon industry.[12]

Personal life

Attiyah is married and has six children. His interests are reading, fishing and radio communications.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah - Bio" (PDF). UNFCC. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 "H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah". Qatar Museums Authority. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Ministry of Energy and Industry". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar. Archived from the original on 2 July 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah" (PDF). OPEC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiya". APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy. 30 October 2000. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  6. ↑ Tuttle, Robert (18 January 2011). "Qatar Names Al Sada Energy Minister, Replacing Architect of LNG Attiyah". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  7. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (2 July 2009). "Qatar energy chief says UAE to join gas forum". Arabian Oil and Gas. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  8. ↑ Daya, Ayesha; Tuttle, Robert (30 June 2009). "Gas Producers Count on Oil-Linked Contracts in Qatar". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  9. ↑ Medetsky, Anatoly (1 July 2009). "Russia Fails to Offer Gas Candidate". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  10. ↑ Prosser, David (10 April 2007). "Gas exporters rule out a cartel, but opt for joint efforts on pricing". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  11. ↑ Harrabin, Roger (8 December 2012). "UN climate talks extend Kyoto Protocol, promise compensation". BBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "Qatar becomes largest LNG producer: Attiyah". The Peninsula. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
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