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Arab Oil Embargo

Saudi Arabia · Government / Government of Saudi Arabia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1973Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1973

Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud17 October 1973

Riyadh · Government / Government of Saudi Arabia

Supports restrictions on oil supplies during the October Arab-Israeli war.

Ahmed Zaki Yamani17 October 1973

Riyadh · Government / Government of Saudi Arabia

Implements Saudi petroleum policy during the 1973 oil embargo.

Names involved

Ahmed Zaki YamaniFaisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Provenance

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