Rilwanu Lukman

Rilwanu Lukman
Minister of Petroleum Resources
In office
18 December 2008 – 17 March 2010
PresidentUmaru Musa Yar'Adua
Preceded byEdmund Daukoru
Succeeded byDiezani Allison-Madueke
In office
February 1986 – February 1990
PresidentIbrahim Babangida
18th and 21st Secretary General of OPEC
In office
1 January 1995 – 31 December 2000
Preceded byAbdallah Salem el-Badri
Succeeded byAlí Rodríguez Araque
In office
1 July 1986 – 30 June 1988
as President of OPEC
Preceded byArturo Hernández Grisanti
Succeeded bySubroto
Federal Minister of Mines, Power and Steel
In office
1984–1985
Personal details
Born26 August 1938
Zaria, British Nigeria (now Kaduna State, Nigeria)
Died21 July 2014(2014-07-21) (aged 75)
Vienna, Austria

Rilwanu Lukman (26 August 1938 – 21 July 2014) was a Nigerian engineer who held several ministerial positions in the Nigerian Federal government before becoming Secretary General of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2000. He died on 21 July 2014.[1] On 18 December 2008, Lukman was appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources by Nigerian president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, holding office until March 2010.[2]

  1. ^ Faucon, Benoît (21 July 2014). "OPEC Veteran Rilwanu Lukman Dies". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Dr Rilwanu Lukman Appointed as Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Resources". Oilvoice. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2009.