Dr. Fatih Birol (@fbirol) has served as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 2015, taking up his current position after rising through the ranks of the IEA over two decades. He has been named in TIME's annual list of the world's most influential people and by Forbes as one of the most influential people in the world of energy. He is the recipient of numerous state decorations, including the French Legion of Honour and the Japanese Emperor’s Order of the Rising Sun.
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