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Libyan engineer and politician (born 1961) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abdulbari Al Arusi (born 1961) is a Libyan engineer and politician who served as oil and gas minister of Libya from 14 November 2012 until 22 January 2014.[1]
Abdulbari Al Arusi | |
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Minister of Oil and Gas | |
In office November 2012 – January 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Ali Zeidan |
Preceded by | Abdulrahman Ben Yezza |
Succeeded by | Omar Shakmak |
Personal details | |
Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Zawiya |
Nationality | Libyan |
Alma mater |
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Arusi was born in Zawiya in 1961.[2] He obtained a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Tobruk University. In 1988, he received a master's degree from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.[3] He also holds a PhD from the same university in engineering and corrosion science, which he received in 1992.[2]
After his graduation, Arusi worked in the Sirte Oil Company in different management positions from September 1992 to June 1998.[2] He was then detained in prison between 1998 and 2006.[2] After being released, he held various executive management positions in many engineering companies, including the one in the United Kingdom.[2] He served as executive manager of Libya's Green Holding Company from the end of 2011 to November 2012.[4]
In November 2012, he was appointed minister of oil and gas to the cabinet headed by prime minister Ali Zeidan.[5] Arusi replaced Abdulrahman Ben Yezza as oil minister.[4][6] Shortly after his appointment, in December 2012, Arusi announced the establishment of the National Corporation for the Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas, a national oil company based in Tripoli.[7] In February 2013, he reported that a new oil area was found in Ghadames Basin, about 650 km southwest of Tripoli, in the western Libya.[8] Arusi's term ended in January 2014 and Omar Shakmak was appointed acting oil minister.[9]
Arusi and his family members experienced several critical events during the era of Muammar Gaddafi. In June 1998, he was detained and sentenced on the grounds that he was allegedly a member of the underground Muslim Brotherhood movement.[4] He spent eight years of a life-sentence in Abu Salim prison.[3][4] He was released in April 2006.[3] His father also spent some time in Abu Salim in the early 1970s.[3] One of his brothers was killed in Zawiya during the Libyan Civil War. In addition, another brother was fatally beaten and lost an eye during the uprising.[3] Arusi's son Abdulrahman was also jailed for a month in July 2011.[3]
Arusi is a member of the American Association of Corrosion Engineers and a member of the British Institute of Corrosion.[3]
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