Bandar Al Hajjar

Bandar Al Hajjar began his career as the vice president of the Islamic Economy Center.^[5] He later became the vice dean of administration and economics faculty at King Saud University. His tenure lasted from 1982 to 1984. He was also a lecturer at King Abdulaziz University from 1989 to 2005.^[5] He served as a member of the Shoura Council beginning in 1997.^[2] Later he became the chair of the council's committee on foreign affairs.^[2] Then he was appointed deputy chairman of the National Society for Human Rights in 2004.^[6] He was the president of the National Society for Human Rights from 2005 to October 2008.^[5][7] He became vice president of the Shoura Council on 25 October 2008.^[7][8]

From 1996 to 2006 Bandar Al Hajjar was chief editor of Money and Markets Magazine a specialized business magazine addressing the concerns of the Arab and Islamic worlds.^[9]

He was appointed minister of Hajj on 13 December 2011, replacing Fuad bin Abdulsalam Farsi in the post.^[10][11][12] Farsi had been in office since 1999.^[13]

Hajjar was announced as the next president of Islamic Development Bank and the 41st annual session of the board of governors of IDB, held in Jakarta between 14–19 May 2016, ratified the Kingdom's nomination of Hajjar as the new president of the bank.^[14][15] He took the helm on 1 October 2016.

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