Abdul Karim Luaibi
,Oil Minister,Iraq
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Appointed to the job in 2010, Luaibi has worked with Iraq’s ministry of oil since 1998 where he moved from chief engineer of the technical department to director of Chemical Materials to assistant director general, inspector general and then deputy minister position before being appointed to his current role.
While a number of oil and gas firms have been eyeing exploration and production in the country, militants fighting for control over its oil-rich fields has plagued Iraq’s oil industry for years, discouraging foreign investment.