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)
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.
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