Abdul Aziz Muammar

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Abdul Aziz Muammar (* 1919 ; † 1984 in Ankara ) was a Saudi diplomat .

Muammar came from a prominent Hejaz family . His father was an adviser to Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud .

Education

He graduated from the American University of Beirut with a degree in economics .

Career

In 1953 he was the leader of a strike at Aramco . In 1955 he was working for the Treasury Department when he was arrested for no reason. Common subjects of investigation were communist membership, ba'athist or anti-royalist sympathies. After a few months, he was released without charge. 1958 appointed in Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz as his adviser. Towards the end of December 1960, he was rated as the most powerful citizen in Riyadh. Ronald Irwin Metz, the executive director of Saudi Aramco , reported that al-Muammar was "a man who knows very well that he has power and influence". Some Aramcons thought he was a radical or even a communist, but Metz described his ideas about planning and development as something akin to the socialism of the Ba'ath party. Metz was amazed that such a man had become the king's gatekeeper . Al-Muammar himself explained to Metz that "His Majesty said that now that he has everything he could want in palaces and other luxuries, the only other desire in his life is to achieve something for the people .. . "

Both the US State Department and Aramco officials described him as fiery and idealistic. After interviews with al-Muammar, George Lenczowski (* February 2, 1915, † February 19, 2000) classified him as a "radical and emotionally unbalanced Arab nationalist" to an official of the Foreign Ministry. By 1960 he was the leading architect of short-lived political liberalization. From May 26, 1961 to 1963, he was ambassador in Bern . During Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz's tenure from 1964 to 1971, he was imprisoned for twelve years until 1975.  

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ronald Irwin Metz (* 1921 Nebraska; † August 25, 2002) a former CIA officer and oil executive with the Arabian-American Oil Co., known as Aramco Arlington National Cemetery , [1]
  2. ^ Kai Bird, Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956, p. 124
  3. ^ Robert Vitalis, America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier, p. 22

 

predecessor Office successor
Fakhri Sheikh El-Ard Saudi Arabian Ambassador in Bern
May 26, 1961 to 1963 		Medhat Sheikh el-Ard

 

personal data
SURNAME Muammar, Abdul Aziz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saudi diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1919
DATE OF DEATH 1984
Place of death Ankara