Hani Abdulaziz Al Hussein

Hani Abdulaziz Al Hussein is a Kuwaiti engineer and politician. He served as chief executive officer of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation from 2004 to 2007 and oil minister from February 2012 to May 2013.

Education Hussein received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tulsa in 1971.

Career After graduation Hussein joined Kuwait National Petroleum Company in February 1972 and worked there until April 1980. From 1998 to 2004 he was also board chairman and managing director of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). Hussein was made chief executive officer of the KPC in 2004 and he replaced Nader Sultan in the post. Hussein resigned from office in April 2007. In June 2007, then Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah appointed Hussein as his chief petroleum advisor.

Hussein was appointed oil minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Jaber Al Sabah on 24 February 2012, replacing Mohammad Busairi in the post. In a December 2012 cabinet reshuffle Hussein was reappointed to the post. However, he resigned from office on 26 May 2013 due to tensions with members of the Kuwaiti parliament. Finance Minister Mustafa Al Shamali was appointed acting oil minister to succeed him, and on 4 August Shamali was appointed to full portfolio in a cabinet reshuffle.