What is Mele Kyari?
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mele Kyari | image = | office = Group Managing Director, [[Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]] | term_start = 7 July 2019 | term_end = |predecessor = [[Maikanti Baru]] |office3 = Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division, NNPC |term_start3 = 2015 |term_end3 = 2019 |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |office2 = National Representative, The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) |term_start2 = 2018 |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = |successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|01|08|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Nigeria]], Maiduguri, Borno State | education = [[University of Maiduguri]] | occupation = Public Servant | spouse = | website = }} '''Mele Kolo Kyari''' (born 8 January 1965) is a Nigerian petroleum geologist, crude oil marketer and the 19th Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC). He was previously the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of the NNPC and the Nigerian National Representative at the [[OPEC]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mele Kolo Kyari {{!}} Profile {{!}} Africa Confidential|url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/profile/id/4245/Mele_Kyari|access-date=2021-04-25|website=www.africa-confidential.com|language=en}}</ref> == Education == Kyari attended Government Community Secondary School Biu in Borno State. He holds bachelor of science (BSc) in geology and earth science from the [[University of Maiduguri]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-20|title=(Profile) Mele Kyari, the New NNPC Helmsman|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/06/20/mele-kyari-the-new-nnpc-helmsman/|access-date=2021-04-25|website=THISDAYLIVE|language=en-US}}</ref> == Career == Kyari was appointed by the administration of President [[Muhammadu Buhari]] as the 19th GMD of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. He began his career with the Department of Geological Surv