Английская Википедия:Fatih Birol

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Fatih Birol is a Turkish economist and energy expert, who has served as the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 1 September 2015. During his time in charge of the IEA, he has taken a series of steps to modernise the Paris-based international organisation, including strengthening ties with emerging economies like India[1] and China and stepping up work on the clean energy transition and international efforts to reach net zero emissions.[2]

Birol was on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people in 2021,[3] has been named by Forbes magazine among the most influential people on the world's energy scene[4] and recognised by the Financial Times in 2017 as Energy Personality of the Year.[5] Birol is the chairman of the World Economic Forum (Davos) Energy Advisory Board. He is a frequent contributor to print and electronic media and delivers numerous speeches each year at major international summits and conferences.[6]

Early career

Prior to joining the IEA as a junior analyst in 1995, Birol worked at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna. Over the years at the IEA, Birol worked his way up to the job of Chief Economist, a role in which he was in charge of the IEA's closely watched World Energy Outlook report, before he became executive director in 2015.

A Turkish citizen, Birol was born in Ankara in 1958. He earned a BSc degree in power engineering from the Istanbul Technical University. He received his MSc and PhD in energy economics from the Technical University of Vienna. In 2013, Birol was awarded a Doctorate of Science honoris causa by Imperial College London. In 2023, he was elected as a foreign member of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Engineering.[7] He was made an honorary life member of the football club Galatasaray S.K. in 2013.

Other activities

  • Africa Europe Foundation (AEF), member of the High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations (since 2020)[8]

Honours and medals

Ribbon bar Award or decoration Country Date Place Note Ref.
Medal for Outstanding Service of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Turkey Шаблон:Ntsh 1 October 2005 Ankara [9]
Файл:Palmes academiques Chevalier ribbon.svg Ordre des Palmes Académiques France Шаблон:Ntsh 1 October 2006 Paris [10]
Файл:AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 9th Class BAR.png Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria Austria Шаблон:Ntsh 1 March 2007 Vienna [10]
Файл:GER Bundesverdienstkreuz 3 BVK 1Kl.svg First Class Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Germany Шаблон:Ntsh 19 November 2009 Berlin [10]
Файл:ITA OMRI 2001 Uff BAR.svg Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Italy Шаблон:Ntsh 14 June 2012 Paris [10]
Файл:SWE Order of the Polar Star (after 1975) - Knight 1st Class BAR.png First Class Order of the Polar Star Sweden Шаблон:Ntsh 11 December 2013 Stockholm [10][11]
Файл:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg First Class Order of the Rising Sun Japan Шаблон:Ntsh 30 January 2014 Paris [10][12]
Melchett Medal United Kingdom 2017 [13]
Файл:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg Chevalier of the Legion of Honour France Шаблон:Ntsh 6 December 2023 Paris highest honor [10][14][15]

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