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Through a scholarship from Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, he is currently doing a graduate degree in economics at the [[University of Kansas]], where he was chosen to lead the prestigious Economics Graduate Student Organization.
Through a scholarship from Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, he is currently doing a graduate degree in economics at the [[University of Kansas]], where he was chosen to lead the prestigious Economics Graduate Student Organization.


He also supports Al Wihda ({{Lang-ar|قائمة الوحدة الطلابية}}), a liberal student organization that runs for the National Union of Kuwaiti Students's USA branch seats, writing in Al Anba newspaper that it's a principled organization that believes in democracy, liberty, equality and justice, furthermore explaining that any Kuwaiti student in the United States that's against sectarianism and tribalism should support it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=الصوت الوطني في أميركا |url=https://www.alanba.com.kw/1150942 |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=https://www.alanba.com.kw |language=ar-kw}}</ref>
He also supports Al Wihda ({{Lang-ar|قائمة الوحدة الطلابية}}), a liberal student organization that runs for the National Union of Kuwaiti Students's USA branch seats, writing in Al Anba newspaper that it's a principled organization that believes in democracy, liberty, equality and justice, furthermore explaining that any Kuwaiti student in the United States that's against sectarianism and tribalism should support it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=الصوت الوطني في أميركا |url=https://www.alanba.com.kw/1150942 |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=https://www.alanba.com.kw |language=ar-kw}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Economics Graduate Student Organization Reestablished |url=https://economics.ku.edu/economics-graduate-student-organization-reestablished |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=economics.ku.edu |language=en}}</ref>

As student in the United States, he volunteered to become a National Union of Kuwaiti Students representative in the state of [[Kansas]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Economics Graduate Student Organization Reestablished |url=https://economics.ku.edu/economics-graduate-student-organization-reestablished |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=economics.ku.edu |language=en}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 06:10, 8 November 2022

Abdulghaphor Hajjieh
عبدالغفور حاجيه
Born (1988-03-15) 15 March 1988 (age 36)
Salmiya, Kuwait
NationalityKuwaiti
EducationKuwait University (BSc) University of Kansas (MA)
Occupation(s)Economist, Politician
Political partyKuwait Democratic Forum (2008–present)

Abdulghaphor Hajjieh (Arabic: عبدالغفور حاجيه, born 15 March 1988) is a Kuwaiti economist,[1][2][3] politician[4] and former student leader.[5] He is a former vice president of the Youth Association of Kuwait,[6] former board secretary of Kuwait Democratic Forum.[7]

Early life and education

Hajjieh was born on March 15, 1988 in Salmiya, the third child of Mohammed Hajjieh Asirri (Arabic: محمد حاجيه أسيري). He attended Khaled Saud Al Zaid High School (Arabic: ثانوية خالد سعود الزيد), where he majored in science.[8] At High School, he volunteered for the Democratic Circle Ticket which ran for student council.

Kuwait University

He was accepted in Kuwait University, where he majored in Economics. He explains that his acceptance was based on a Public Authority for Applied Education and Training certificate not his high school diploma, restricting his application to business school, adding that economics was the closest thing to Political Science and that he likes how it draws from other disciplines and the abstract nature of it.[9]

At KU, he joined the Dean's List Council (Arabic: اللجنة الاستشارية للطلبة المتفوقين), a prestigious student organization that represents the interests of honor students, and was later elected as its Vice President and eventually its President. As President of that organization, he voted on rewriting its bylaws to include direct student academic assistance through one-on-one tutoring and pushed for rebranding the organization and adopting the initials DLCCBA.[10]

He also joined the Democratic Circle (Arabic: قائمة الوسط الديمقراطي), a left-leaning student organization that supports a ticket that runs for the board National Union for Kuwaiti Students, and became it's treasurer. During his tenure as treasurer he tapped into a network of former members and organizations such as Kuwait Democratic Forum, National Democratic Alliance and Youth Association of Kuwait to help fund it.[11]

Furthermore, with a group of colleagues, he started KU's first online, streaming through SoundCloud and later YouTube, named the Voice of CBA (Arabic: إذاعة صوت الإدارية) that had two recurring shows, one commenting on current student affairs and another interviewing student activists about their interests. However, after one month he was instructed to shut it down due to complaints of bias.

During his time at Kuwait University, he worked at Al Qabas Newspaper and Al Taleea Newspaper as a journalist, and before graduation he was chosen to intern at the United States Department of State. He graduated Summa Cum Laude.[12]

University of Kansas

Through a scholarship from Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, he is currently doing a graduate degree in economics at the University of Kansas, where he was chosen to lead the prestigious Economics Graduate Student Organization.

He also supports Al Wihda (Arabic: قائمة الوحدة الطلابية), a liberal student organization that runs for the National Union of Kuwaiti Students's USA branch seats, writing in Al Anba newspaper that it's a principled organization that believes in democracy, liberty, equality and justice, furthermore explaining that any Kuwaiti student in the United States that's against sectarianism and tribalism should support it.[13][14]

Career

Hajjieh has a diverse experience, working in various organizations in different capacities.

International Monetary Fund

Hajjieh joined the International Monetary Fund after graduating from Kuwait University as a Research Assistant and Course Administrator at their region office in Kuwait, the IMF's Center for Economics and Finance.

Working at the IMF, he gained extensive knowlegde on how international organizations operate and communicate with governments, learning diplomatic language and protocol on the hands of various senior IMF officials, and interacting on a regular basis with Arab government officials when organizing economic training courses in monetary policy, fiscal policy, energy policy, financial programming and other topics.[15]

He also helped organize a symposium which celebrated American journalist Thomas Friedman spoke in, and a high level economic crash course for newly elected parliamentarians in the middle east.[16]

Al Safat Investment Company

Hajjieh moved to the private sector to work as an Investor Relations Manager at Safat Investment Company, a medium sized investment conglomerate. He also spearheaded different projects which one of yielded a Guinness World Record for the world's largest building sticket.[17][18]

Kuwait Insitute for Scientific Research

After a short stint in the private sector, he was recruited to join the Techno-Economic Division at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, working on policy papers and empirical economic research on trade, investment and economic policy.[19]

Community Participation and Activism

Abdulghaphor Hajjieh joined multiple liberal and left-leaning organizations in Kuwait in addition to Kuwait Graduate Society and Kuwait Economic Society.

Kuwait Democratic Forum

Abdulghaphor was recruited by Ali Hussain Al-Awadhi to join the Democratic Forum after representing the Youth Association of Kuwait in multiple events. In 2019,[20] he was elected as a board member for the Forum and was later re-elected to the board and promoted to board secretary in 2020 where he served till 2022.[7]

He was a fixture of the Forum's electoral campaigns, working for Mohammed Al-Abduljader’s in 2008, Abdullah Al-Naibari in 2009, Mohammed Al-Abduljader in 2012 and 2013.

Youth Association of Kuwait

Hajjieh joined the National Democratic Youth Association in 2007, which later became the Youth Association of Kuwait in 2010, an affiliate of the Democratic Forum. He represented the Association at Kuwait Civil Alliance in 2014, and helped issue a Universal Periodic Review document that was discussed at the United Nations Human Rights Council.[21]

Also, in 2014 he spearheaded a campaign that successfully lobbied the Kuwaiti Ministry of Youth Affairs and the Ministry of Social Works to issue a regulatory framework that gives volunteer organizations legal status.[22][23] In 2015, the Association was granted legal status under Kuwaiti law and he was elected as treasurer of the newly formed legal entity. In 2017 he was elected to Vice President of the Youth Association of Kuwait, however he quit soon after to pursue a political career in the Democratic Forum of Kuwait.[20]

National Youth Project

Abdulghaphor was requested by a senior government official in 2019 to participate in the Amiri Diwan's National Youth Project as quasi-representative of young leftists, where he participated in discussions that culminated in issuing the Youth Policy Manual.[24] He also participated in the Diwan's Kuwait Nudgeathon competition of which he won.[25]

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