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Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah

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Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Attiyah
عبد الله بن حمد العطية
al-Attiyah in 2006
Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar
In office
3 April 2007 – 18 January 2011
MonarchHamad bin Khalifa
Prime MinisterHamad bin Jassim
Preceded byHamad bin Jassim
Succeeded byAhmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar
In office
2003–2007
MonarchHamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Preceded byMohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
Minister of Industry and Energy
In office
12 January 1999[citation needed] – 18 January 2011
MonarchHamad bin Khalifa
Prime MinisterAbdullah bin Khalifa
Hamad bin Jassim
Preceded byKhalid bin Hamad[citation needed]
Succeeded byMohammed Saleh Al Sada
In office
28 March 1992 – 19 February 1995[citation needed]
Prime MinisterKhalifa bin Hamad
Preceded byJassim bin Hamad
Succeeded byKhalid bin Hamad[citation needed]
Personal details
Born1952 (1952)
Doha, Qatar
Died (aged 73)
Children6

Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah (/əbˈdʌlə bɪn ˈhɑːməd æl ˈɑːtiːjə/ ⓘ əb-DUL-ə bin HAH-məd al AH-tee-yə; Arabic: عبد الله بن حمد العطية, 1952 – 27 May 2026) was a Qatari politician who was deputy prime minister and the head of the emir's court. From September 1992 to January 2011, al-Attiyah was Qatar's minister of energy and industry.[1][2][3]

Al-Attiyah owned the Gulf Publishing and Printing Company, which is the media house behind two central Qatari newspapers: Al Raya and Gulf Times.[4]

Early life and education

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Al-Attiyah was born in Doha, Qatar in 1952.[5][6] In 1976, he graduated from the University of Alexandria, Egypt with a bachelor's degree.[6]

Career

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Politics

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Al-Attiyah started his career in 1972 with the ministry of finance and petroleum of Qatar.[7] From 1973 to 1986, he held a post of the head of international and public relations at the ministry. From 1986 to 1989, he served as the director of the office of the minister, and from 1989 to 1992, as the director of the office of the minister of interior and as the acting minister of finance and petroleum.[8]

On 23 November 1993, al-Attiyah was named OPEC president and a member of the OPEC's quota compliance committee.[9]

On 12 January 1999, he also assumed the responsibility for electricity and water issues as these sectors were merged into the ministry of energy and industry.[9] On 16 September 2003 he was appointed second deputy prime minister and on 3 April 2007, deputy prime minister.[1][2]

In December 2003, he chaired the OPEC's annual conference in Vienna, Austria, and served as head of Qatar's delegation.[10]

On 30 June 2009, at the eighth ministerial meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Doha, al-Attiyah was elected as the chairman of the organization.[11][12][13] Although Gas Exporting Countries Forum has seen by some experts as an attempt to form 'gas-OPEC', al-Attiyah ruled out a creation of OPEC-like cartel.[14]

On 18 January 2011 he was named head of the Amiri Diwan while remaining in the post of the deputy prime minister. In the post of minister of industry and energy he was replaced by Mohammed Saleh Al Sada.[15]

In 2011, al-Attiyah was appointed head of Emir Hamad Al Thani's office and president of the Qatar Administrative Control and Transparency Authority.[5]

During the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, al-Attiyah served as the chairman.[16]

Business

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From 1975, al-Attiyah was the director of the Gulf Helicopters Corporation.[17] From 1987 to 1995, he served as the deputy chairman of QTel.[7] From 1986 on, he was a member of the directors board of Gulf Airways Corporation.

In 1992, al-Attiyah was appointed chairman and managing director of Qatar Petroleum. Al-Attiyah was also the President of the Board of Trustees of the Lebanese School of Qatar.[1][2][18]

Media

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Al-Attiyah owned the Gulf Publishing and Printing Company, which is the media house behind two central Qatari newspapers: Al Raya and Gulf Times. Their content is "widely viewed as aligned with government policy", and they avoid criticizing Qatari authorities.[4]

Philanthropy

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Al-Attiyah was chairman of the board of trustees of the Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development.[19]

Personal life and death

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Attiyah was married and had six children. His interests included reading, fishing, and radio communications. His amateur radio call-sign was A71AU.[1][2]

Attiyah died on 27 May 2026, at the age of 73.[20]

Awards

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In 2007, the London-based British Petroleum Intelligence Bulletin chose al-Attiyah as the Man of the Year in the field of development of hydrocarbon industry.[21]

In 2011, Texas A&M University awarded al-Attiyah an Honorary Degree.[22]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ministry of Energy and Industry". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar. Archived from the original on 2 July 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah" (PDF). OPEC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ "War Is Making One of the Richest Countries Even Richer". Bloomberg News. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 Dragomir, Marius (2025). "Gulf Publishing and Printing Company". State Media Monitor. Media and Journalism Research Center. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  5. 1 2 "H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah – Bio" (PDF). UNFCC. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  6. 1 2 "H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah". Qatar Museums Authority. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Qatar petrochemicals". MEED. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Leadership". mof.gov.qa. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiya". APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy. Vol. 40, no. 4. 30 October 2000.
  10. ↑ "OPEC : 128th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference". opec.org. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  11. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (2 July 2009). "Qatar energy chief says UAE to join gas forum". Arabian Oil and Gas. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  12. ↑ Daya, Ayesha; Tuttle, Robert (30 June 2009). "Gas Producers Count on Oil-Linked Contracts in Qatar". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  13. ↑ Medetsky, Anatoly (1 July 2009). "Russia Fails to Offer Gas Candidate". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2 July 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ↑ Prosser, David (10 April 2007). "Gas exporters rule out a cartel, but opt for joint efforts on pricing". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  15. ↑ Tuttle, Robert (18 January 2011). "Qatar Names Al Sada Energy Minister, Replacing Architect of LNG Attiyah". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  16. ↑ Harrabin, Roger (8 December 2012). "UN climate talks extend Kyoto Protocol, promise compensation". BBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  17. ↑ "A life in energy: Qatar's Abdulla Al Attiyah". Oil & Gas Middle East. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  18. ↑ "HE Abdallah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah". The Telegraph. 24 February 2015. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  19. ↑ "ABOUT US – Al-Attiyah Foundation". abhafoundation.org. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  20. ↑ "Former Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah passes away". The Peninsula. 27 May 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "Qatar becomes largest LNG producer: Attiyah". The Peninsula. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  22. ↑ "Honorary Degrees". Texas A&M University. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
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