Hisham Nazer (Arabic: هشام ناظر; 31 August 1932 – 14 November 2015) was the third oil minister of Saudi Arabia, after Abdullah Tariki and Zaki Yamani.
[11][12][13] He was made a member of the Supreme Council on Petroleum in March 1973 when it was established by King Faisal.
[18] Nazer was appointed acting minister of petroleum and mineral resources by King Fahd on 30 October 1986[19][20] and replaced Zaki Yamani in the post.
[3][16][21] Nazer's appointment was considered to be a shift in Saudi Arabia's policy in oil prices and production.
[24] Nazer was also appointed the board chairman of the Aramco, replacing John J. Kelberer, in April 1988.
[21][27][28] Following his appointment, he began to rationalize the company's operations and to nationalize it due to its low profitability for Saudi Arabia.
[16][30] He was relieved of his duties by King Abdullah in March 2011 due to a controversy about remarks exchanged between him and a frustrated Saudi woman stranded in the Cairo Airport during the Egyptian uprise in February 2011.
[38] His book, written in English and published by Praeger, is about the effects of the Western-dominated electronic age on the world.
[38] Nazer was the recipient of a professional achievement award from his alma mater, the University of California, Los Angeles, in June 1989.