page_title: El Waer Hakim
hierarchical_section_title: El Waer Hakim
caption_attribution_description: English: Nomination for the post of Vice President of the African Union Commission.
context_page_description: Abdul-Hakim Rajab Elwaer is a Libyan diplomat, politician and development professional. He served in the Libyan government as Secretary of Environment from 2004 to 2007. He worked at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as Director of Administration and Human Resources Management, as well as Director of Human Resources, Sciences & Technology from 2007 to 2014. Currently, he is the official Spokesperson and the Director of Cooperation and Resource Mobilization Department of the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In this capacity, he is in charge of regional cooperation and integration, resource mobilization and partnership with regional and international organizations. In addition, he is the Ag. Director of Country Programs and he served as Coordinator for Cooperation and Capacity Development at IsDB. In January 2017, he was a strong candidate for the post of Deputy Chairperson of African Union Commission where he competed with the current DCP.
context_section_description: Abdul-Hakim Rajab Elwaer (born in 1967 in Tripoli, Libya) is a Libyan diplomat, politician and development professional.  He served in the Libyan government as Secretary (Minister) of Environment from 2004 to 2007. He worked at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as Director of Administration and Human Resources Management, as well as Director of Human Resources, Sciences & Technology from 2007 to 2014. Currently, he is the official Spokesperson and the Director of Cooperation and Resource Mobilization Department of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In this capacity, he is in charge of regional cooperation and integration, resource mobilization and partnership with regional and international organizations.  In addition, he is the Ag. Director of Country Programs (Sub-Saharan Africa) and he served as Coordinator (Ag. Vice President) for Cooperation and Capacity Development at IsDB. In January 2017, he was a strong candidate for the post of Deputy Chairperson of African Union Commission where he competed with the current DCP.
  Under UNEP he served as the President of African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) and under UNESCO, he served as Member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (UNESCO-IICBA).
caption: Abdul-Hakim Rajab Elwaer
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