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Ali Maarij takes temporary leadership of Oil Ministry

The deputy minister has assumed acting authorities to run the ministry as Hayyan Abdulghani recovers from a health emergency.
Ali Maarij, then head of the Oil Ministry's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate, speaks at a ceremony in Baghdad on Jan. 20, 2022 to celebrate the finalization of a contract for the Mansuriya gas field. (Photo credit: Oil Ministry)
Ali al-Aqily, Jassim al-Jabiri, Jewdat al-Sai’di, Ben Van Heuvelen and Staff of Iraq Oil Report
Tuesday, October 8th, 2024

BASRA/AMARA - Deputy Oil Minister Ali Maarij has temporarily taken charge of Iraq’s day-to-day oil operations, as Oil Minister Hayyan Abdulghani remains hospitalized in the U.S. following a health emergency.

In a statement published on Oct. 6, Maarij said he had been authorized by a state order to exercise “all of the administrative and financial powers granted to the minister” while Abdulghani is absent.

“We ask God that he returns to the homeland safe and sound to continue his duties,” Maarij said.

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