Kuwait Oil Minister Leaves Post Days Before OPEC Meeting
- Ali al-Omair appointed as public works minister in reshuffle
- Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh named acting oil minister
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Kuwait named Deputy Prime Minister Anas Al-Saleh as acting oil minister to replace Ali al-Omair, who became minister of public affairs and retained his role as state minister for parliamentary affairs, according to an official decree.
The change comes days before al-Omair was due to represent Kuwait at the meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Dec. 4 to discuss the group’s production level amid a slump in prices due to a global glut. Earlier this month, al-Omair swapped the chief executive officers of state companies Kuwait Oil Co. and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co.