Hisham Nazer

Hisham Nazer
Ambassador to Egypt
In office
2005–2011
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterKing Abdullah
Succeeded byAhmed bin Abdulaziz Kattan
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
In office
24 December 1986 – August 1995
MonarchFahd
Prime MinisterKing Fahd
Preceded byAhmed Zaki Yamani
Succeeded byAli Naimi
Minister of Planning
In office
1975–1991
Monarchs
Prime Minister
  • King Khalid
  • King Fahd
Succeeded byAbdul Wahab Abdul Salam Attar [de]
Personal details
Born
Hisham Mohieddin Nazer

(1932-08-31)31 August 1932
Jeddah
Died14 November 2015(2015-11-14) (aged 83)
United States
NationalitySaudi Arabian
SpouseAlmira Nazer
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Hisham Nazer (Arabic: هشام ناظر; 31 August 1932 – 14 November 2015) was the third oil minister of Saudi Arabia, after Abdullah Tariki and Zaki Yamani. Nazer was appointed oil minister on 24 December 1986.[1] He was also the first Saudi chairman of the board of Aramco, which was later called Saudi Aramco. He was one of the significant people in developing the domestic policy of Saudi Arabia.[2] He also served as Saudi ambassador to Egypt from 2005 to 2011.

  1. ^ "Saudi considers Naimi's successor as oil minister". Reuters. London. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. ^ Steffen Hertog (2011). Princes, Brokers and Bureaucrats. Ithaca, NY; London: Cornell University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-8014-5753-1.