International Energy Agency (IEA) Chief Economist Fatih Birol speaks during a news conference after the opening of the International Energy and Environment Fair and Conference in Istanbul, Turkey in this May 12, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Osman Orsal/Files
PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The new head of the International Energy Agency faces dilemmas that challenge the purpose of the body set up to protect the interests of the West against the power of OPEC in the 1970s.
Fatih Birol of Turkey -- the IEA's respected chief economist -- takes over on Tuesday, replacing Dutch politician Maria van der Hoeven, a former economy minister whose four-year term has expired.
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