Omar Farouk Ibrahin

Biographical record

Surname

Ibrahin

First Name

Omar

Other Names

Farouk

Gender

Male

Profession

Politician

Working Experience

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Federal Government-owned media house, The New Nigerian Newspapers between 1999 and 2003
• Chairman Board of Directors of Newpack Printing and Packaging Company Limited
• Member of the Editorial board to a columnist and Op-Ed editor.
• General Manager Nigerpack Press and Group Controller of Administration.
• Graduate Assistant in the Department of Political Scienc, Bayero University in 1981
• Lecturer Department of Political Science, Bayero University - 1990
Group General Manager, International Energy Relations for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
General Secretary African Petroleum Producers Association
Governor of the Organization of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Present Appointment

• Pro APPO Secretary General on 4th January 2020 • Labour Party National Secretary 2022

Previous Appointments

• Adviser on International Energy Relations to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
• Nigeria’s Governor to the Vienna-based Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, 2015-2020
• Executive Board Member at the Doha-based Gas Exporting countries’ Forum GECF, 2015-2020
• Between 2010 and 2014, He was the General Manager and later, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
• Head of the PR and Information Department and member of senior management at the OPEC Secretariat, in Vienna from February 2003 – December 2009
• Executive Editor of the OPEC Energy review and Editor-in-Chief of the OPEC Bulletin.

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

Yes

If "Yes", please state the party(ies) and offices you have held with dates

Labour Party