Background
Abdul Nasser El Hakim was born on November 1, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon and migrated from Lebanon in 1985 to Curaçao.
Abdul Nasser El Hakim was born on November 1, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon and migrated from Lebanon in 1985 to Curaçao.
He was the first Minister of Economic Development of Curaçao following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010. In 1990, El Hakim started his business Optika Hakim and has led the company to grow into the largest optical chain on Curaçao, while also starting several other companies. He was Regional Latin American United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador and also translated the Quran into Papiamentu.
El Hakim is Vice-PresidentLatin America (2005) to the Lebanese International Business Council, President to the Caribbean Business Council and President to the Federation of Arab-Latin Chambers of Commerce.
In December 2015 the filed for bankruptcy of El Hakim, the bank claimed 600,000 Netherlands Antillean guilder, an amount which El Hakim disputed. The court ruled that a deferment of payment should be taken before bankruptcy measures.
A new court session was planned for 4 February 2016.
He was one of the founding members of the political party MFK. El Hakim is president of Hakim Foundation, president of World Lebanese Cultural Union-Dutch Caribbean, Chairman of Mission Lebanon Committee, Regional Goodwill Ambassador-Latin America and Founding Member of Movementu Futuro Korsow (Political Party).
