OAO Rosneft's (ROSN.RS) Chief Executive Igor Sechin is on the list of candidates for the company's board of directors that shareholders will vote on Nov. 30, Russian newswires reported Tuesday, citing Rosneft.

Mr. Sechin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has overseen Rosneft's agreement last month to acquire competitor TNK-BP from BP PLC (BP) and its partners in a $55-billion deal that makes the Russian company the world's largest publicly traded crude-oil producer.

Mr. Sechin previously served as head of Rosneft's board but was was forced to step down in 2011 when he was deputy prime minister, after then-President Dmitry Medvedev ordered government officials off the boards of state-run firms.

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