Rilwanu Lukman
| Rilwanu Lukman | |
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| Federal Minister of Mines, Power and Steel | |
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In office 1984–1985 |
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| Federal Minister of Petroleum Resources | |
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In office February 1986 – February 1990 |
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| Secretary General of OPEC | |
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In office 1 January 1995 – 31 December 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Subroto |
| Succeeded by | Alí Rodríguez Araque |
| Minister of Petroleum Resources | |
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In office 18 December 2008 – 17 March 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Edmund Daukoru |
| Succeeded by | Diezani Allison-Madueke |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 August 1938 Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| Died | 21 July 2014 (aged 75) Vienna, Austria |
Rilwanu Lukman (26 August 1938 – 21 July 2014) was a Nigerian engineer who held several ministerial positions in the Nigerian Federal government before becoming Secretary General of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2000. He died on 21 July 2014. On 18 December 2008, Lukman was appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources by Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua, holding office until March 2010.
Lukman was born in Zaria, Kaduna State. He trained as a mining engineer at the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, Zaria (now Ahmadu Bello University), and then at Imperial College, London. He earned a higher degree in mining engineering from the University of Mining and Metallurgy in Leoben, Austria (1967–1968). He obtained a degree in Mineral Economics from McGill University, Montreal in 1978, and an honorary doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bologna in Italy.
His first job in the mining industry was as an Assistant Mining Engineer with A B Statsgruvor of Sweden (1962–1964). After returning to Nigeria, Lukman was appointed an Inspector of Mines, later Senior Inspector and then Acting Assistant Chief Inspector in the Federal Ministry of Mines & Power in Jos, Plateau State (1964–1970). He then became general manager of the Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (1970–1974). By 1979 Lukman had become general manager and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Mining Corporation, Jos.
Lukman was appointed Minister of Mines, Power and Steel from 1984 to 1985 in the government of General Muhammadu Buhari. In 1986 he was appointed Federal Minister of Petroleum Resources, holding that position until February 1990. In that role, he was also chairman of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. He was briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs between January and September 1990. He was Chairman of the board of directors of the National Electric Power Authority (1993–1994).
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