Hakima El Haite

Hakima El Haite
حكيمة الحيطي
Hakima El Haite in May 2016
Born (1963-05-13) 13 May 1963 (age 61)
NationalityMoroccan
Alma materMoulay Ismail University
Occupation(s)Climate scientist, politician
Political partyPopular Movement

Hakima El Haite (born 13 May 1963) is a Moroccan climate scientist, entrepreneur and politician.

In 1994 she founded EauGlobe, the first environmental engineering firm in the MENA region. She served as minister delegate in charge of the environment for the Kingdom of Morocco from 2013 to 2017. In 2015, she was elected vice president of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). She was appointed special envoy for climate change of the Kingdom of Morocco from 2015 to 2017 and the high level climate champion of the United Nations International Climate Conference (COP22) from 2016 to 2017.

She is the current president of the Liberal International since December 2018, the first non-European in this post.[1]

  1. ^ "Global Liberal family elects Hakima El Haite – LI's first president from Africa". Liberal International. Retrieved 2 April 2019.