Nadhmi Auchi married his wife Ibtisam in 1963, and together they have 3 daughters and 1 son, born in 1964 and 1972 respectively.
13 Facts About Nadhmi Auchi
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Nadhmi Auchi became a British citizen in 1989 and currently resides in London.
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Nadhmi Auchi worked with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, becoming Director of Planning and Development in 1969.
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Nadhmi Auchi was vice chair of Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University from 1996 and 2000.
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Nadhmi Auchi has been president of the Anglo Arab Organisation, since its founding in 2002.
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Nadhmi Auchi pays the full study and living costs of ten students from Egypt and other Arab states.
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In 2003, Nadhmi Auchi was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I by Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, this in recognition of his major contributions to inter-church and inter-faith dialogue.
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Nadhmi Auchi was made a Knight of the Order of St Sylvester by Pope John Paul II in 2004.
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In 2005 Nadhmi Auchi was made Grao-Mestre da Ordem do Merito Anhanguera in Brazil and was elected as an Honorary Member in the International College of Surgeons in Chicago, Illinois.
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Nadhmi Auchi was awarded 'The Presidential Prize' in 2007 by the President of the American University in Cairo, in appreciation of his efforts in supporting higher education in the Arab World.
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On 13 November 2014, Nadhmi Auchi was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Nation of Antigua and Barbuda.
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In 2003, Nadhmi Auchi was convicted of fraud following his involvement in a $504 million corruption scandal centred on the French oil company Elf Aquitaine, described as "the biggest political and corporate sleaze scandal to hit a western democracy since the second world war".
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Nadhmi Auchi was given a $2.8 million fine, along with a 15-month suspended jail sentence, for his involvement in the 1991 purchase by Elf Aquitaine of various Spanish oil refineries and petrol stations, having been accused by prosecutors of funnelling $118 million of illegal commissions back to the Elf executives who initially set up the deal.