OPEC Secretary General, Mohammad Barkindo Passed Away Unexpectedly

OrganizationsInternational Organizations ♦ Published: July 6, 2022; 11:22 ♦ (Vindobona)

Last night, OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo passed away unexpectedly at the age of 63. His Excellency Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo of Nigeria had been Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for the past six years and was due to hand over to Haitham Al-Ghais of Kuwait in early August.

His Excellency Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo passed away at the age of 63. / Picture: © OPEC - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Last night, OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo passed away unexpectedly at the age of 63. Mele Kyari, Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, announced on his Twitter account.

"We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11pm yesterday 5th July 2022. Certainly a great loss to his immediate family, the NNPC, our…