Fatih Birol

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Fatih Birol (born 22 March 1958) 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 life and education

A Turkish citizen, Birol was born in Ankara in 1958.[7] He earned a B.Sc. in Power Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. 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.[8] He was made an honorary life member of the football club Galatasaray S.K. in 2013.

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.

IEA leadership

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Trump administration energy secretary Dan Brouillette meeting with Birol at the 24th World Energy Conference meeting in 2019.

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Birol's approach to running the organization is both securing energy security while also facilitating the Energy transition. In 2021, IEA chief Fatih Birol called on policymakers to do more to accelerate the clean energy transition and reduce emissions, saying that "Clean-energy technologies are slowly but surely going to replace the existing energy industry."[11][12] This transition significantly changed the direction of the organization, which previously had focused almost entirely on fossil fuel market analysis.[13]

Birol's work at the IEA has led to a number of his international honours and recognitions (see table below). 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]

Beyond IEA

Birol is part of the Africa Europe Foundation's (AEF) High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations (since 2020)[14]

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 Template:Ntsh 1 October 2005 Ankara [15]
File:Palmes academiques Chevalier ribbon.svg Ordre des Palmes Académiques France Template:Ntsh 1 October 2006 Paris [16]
File:AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 9th Class BAR.png Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria Austria Template:Ntsh 1 March 2007 Vienna [16]
File:GER Bundesverdienstkreuz 3 BVK 1Kl.svg First Class Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Germany Template:Ntsh 19 November 2009 Berlin [16]
File:ITA OMRI 2001 Uff BAR.svg Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Italy Template:Ntsh 14 June 2012 Paris [16]
File:SWE Order of the Polar Star (after 1975) - Knight 1st Class BAR.png First Class Order of the Polar Star Sweden Template:Ntsh 11 December 2013 Stockholm [16][17]
File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg First Class Order of the Rising Sun Japan Template:Ntsh 30 January 2014 Paris [16][18]
Melchett Medal United Kingdom 2017 [19]
File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg Chevalier of the Legion of Honour France Template:Ntsh 6 December 2023 Paris Chevalier (Knight) is the highest class in the Légion d'honneur and the highest French order of merit. [16][20][21]
File:Ribbon bar of the Order of Zayed.svg Order of Zayed United Arab Emirates Template:Ntsh 22 May 2024 Abu Dhabi [22][23]
File:Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (Class 1) Grand Gwanghwa Medal ribbon.gif Order of Diplomatic Service Merit South Korea Template:Ntsh 2 September 2024 Seoul Grand Gwanghwa Medal [24]

References

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