Dr. Chakib Khelil
Surname : Chakib
Marital status : Married - two children.
Ph.D. Texas A and M University in Petroleum Engineering, 1968.
Speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.
Worked for Shell and Phillips Petroleum in Oklahoma, and DA Mc Cord and Associates, in Dallas, Texas.
In 1971 returned to Algeria as Sonatrach Petroleum Engineering Department Head and President of Alcore, a joint venture between Sonatrach and Corelab.
Technical adviser of the President of Algeria, 1973-1976.
President of Valhyd Program in Algeria to plan, developement and finance hydrocarbon resources, in the long run.
Joined the Word Bank in 1980 - Carried Petroleum Projects in Africa, Latin America and Asia, then Head of Energy Unit for Latin America, and finally as Petroleum Adviser.
Took an early retirement from the World Bank in October 1999 to become Adviser to the President of Algeria in the first November 1999.
- Named Minister of Energy and Mining on December 26, 1999.
- President OPEC - 2001.
- President of the African Energy Commission (AFREC) - since 2001.
- President OAPEC - 2002.
- President APPA (Association of the African oil producers) - 2004
- President OPEC - 2008
medal-holder
of the "The Sun of Perou Order" in 2002.