Ibrahim Ibrahim ( ar, الدكتور إبراهيم إبراهيم) was the former Secretary General for the

General Secretariat for Development Planning The General Secretariat for Development Planning (GSDP) (Arabic: الأمانة العامة للتخطيط التنموي) is a governmental agency in the State of Qatar, established through an Emiri Decision No (39) in 2006 and amended by Emiri ...

(GSDP). He was the Secretary General from 2006 until June 2011. He became an Economic Advisor to

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Hamad bin Khalifa Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani ( ar, حمد بن خليفة الثاني; born 1 January 1952) is a member of the ruling Al Thani Qatari royal family. He was the ruling Emir of Qatar from 1995 u ...

Al Thani The House of Thani ( ar, الثاني , translit=Al Thani) is the ruling family of Qatar, with origins tracing back to the Banu Tamim tribal confederation. History and structure The Al Thanis can be traced back to Mudar bin Nizar. The tribe ...

, the Emir of the State of Qatar, from 1988 to 2013.

Role in QNV2030

He was a leader in the development of the

Qatar National Vision 2030 Qatar National Vision 2030 ( ar, رؤية قطر الوطنية 2030; abbreviated as QNV 2030) is a development plan launched in October 2008 by the General Secretariat for Development Planning in the Qatar, State of Qatar. The aim of QNV 2030 is t ...

project.

Other positions

Ibrahim has worked in the oil and gas industry. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of

RasGas RasGas Company Limited was a liquefied natural gas (LNG) producing company in Qatar. It was the second-biggest LNG producer in Qatar after Qatargas. RasGas operated seven LNG trains located in Ras Laffan Industrial City. It was merged with Qatar ...

Company Limited and Chairman of the Marketing Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of

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, Qatar Gas and

Industries Qatar Industries Qatar Q.S.C. ( ar, صناعات قطر; IQ) is a Qatari conglomerate with subsidiaries and investments in the petrochemicals, fertilisers and steel industries. IQ is a 51-percent subsidiary of QatarEnergy. Its shares are traded on the ...

a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Qatar Petroleum International and Industrial Bank and member of the Board of

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Previous occupations

Ibrahim was an Associate Professor of Business, Economics and Quantitative methods at the

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, United States from 1970 to 1978, Director of the Economic Department of the

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, Kuwait from 1979 to 1986, and a Senior

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at the

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, England from 1986 to 1988.

Awards

In 2009, Ibrahim was honoured with the ‘Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Visionary Award’Dr. Ibrahim honoured for contribution to Qatar’s LNG industry
General Secretariat for Development Planning. 12 July 2009. at a special ceremony held at the CWC World LNG Summit in Barcelona, Spain.

Education

Ibrahim holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from

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in 1969.

References

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