KUWAIT: Major oil producer Kuwait appointed Mustapha Al Shamali as acting oil minister yesterday, state news agency Kuna said, after Hani Hussein stepped down under pressure from lawmakers.
Shamali will combine the role with his post as the Opec member state’s long-serving finance minister and has worked at the ministry for more than four decades.
Ministerial changes do not generally affect oil policy in the Opec member state.
Reuters
