Long-serving Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani dies at 90
Facing each other, are from left to right, Dr. Jamshid Amouzegar, then Iran Finance Minister, then Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yanani. Yamani, a long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis, the nationalization its state energy company and later found himself kidnapped by the assassin Carlos the Jackal, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in London. (AP Photo, File)DUBAI โ Ahmed Zaki Yamani, a long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis that shattered the West and once found himself held hostage by the assassin Carlos the Jackal, died Tuesday in London. AdYamani also oversaw what would become the full nationalization of the Arabian American Oil Co. after the 1973 oil crisis. Saudi Arabia ultimately went along with another interim arrangement.