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Ziad Hayek
زياد حايك
President of the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
Vice Chair of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Working Party on PPP
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Secretary General of the High Council of Privatization and PPP
In office 2006–2019
Personal details
Born
(1959-01-27) January 27, 1959 (age 65) Beit Chabeb, Lebanon
Citizenship
American, British, Lebanese
Political party
Independent
Spouse
Soheila Youssefzadeh
Children
Gisèle
Daniel
Residence(s)
Beirut, Lebanon
Ziad-Alexandre Hayek (Arabic: زياد حايك; born on 27 January 1959) was Secretary General of the Republic of Lebanon's High Council for Privatization and PPP from 2006 until he was nominated to be President of the World Bank in February 2019.[1] The Lebanese Government withdrew Hayek's nomination in March 2019. The Lebanese press reported that Prime Minister Saad Hariri informed the Council of Ministers that the decision to withdraw the nomination was taken due to foreign pressure.[2][3][4][5][6] Hayek is currently Vice Chair of the Bureau of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Working Party on PPP,[7] Head of the International Center of Excellence in PPP for Ports,[8][9] President of the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals,[10] Member of the Board of Trustees of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik,[11] Member of the Investment Committee of World YMCA,[12] and High Commissioner for Lebanon at the World Business Angels Investment Forum.[13]
A citizen of the US, the UK and Lebanon, Hayek speaks 11 languages. He is fluent in Arabic Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and familiar with Italian, Persian, German, Russian, Hebrew and Aramaic. He has been a resident of Lebanon, Mexico, the US, Bahrain, Gabon and the UK.
In 2014, he was made Officer of the National Order of the Cedar, the highest state order of Lebanon.
^"Lebanon nominates Ziad Hayek for World Bank boss" (20 February 2019). The Economist. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^"مانشيت- بومبيو للتصدّي لـ"الحزب".. والمرّ يُحذِّر الجميع من سقوط الهيكل". aljoumhouria.com (in Arabic). 27 February 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^Kenza OUAZZANI (20 Mars 2019) "Conseil des ministres : Ziad Hayek sur le départ ?" L'orient le Jour. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^David Lawder (5 Mars 2019) "Lebanon withdraws Hayek from World Bank leader race" Reuters.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^"Lebanon Withdraws Nomination of Hayek as World Bank President" (6 March 2019). Albawaba Business. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^Michael Igoe (4 Mars 2019) "Lebanon withdraws World Bank nominee under pressure". Devex. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^Bureau unece.org[dead link]
^PPP Forum Geneva 2018 report imvf.org
^"International Center of Excellence in Public Private Partnership for Ports – World Port Sustainability Program". sustainableworldports.org.
^"Holy Spirit University of Kaslik | Mr. Ziad Hayek". www.usek.edu.lb.
^"Ziad Hayek | Ziad Hayek". 29 June 2022.
^"WBAF announces H.E. Ziad Alexandre Hayek, President of the Association of PPP Units & Professionals and Vice-Chair of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Working Party on PPP, has been appointed as High Commissioner for Lebanon". 26 April 2020.
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