What is Omar Kabbaj?
{{Infobox officeholder|name=Omar Kabbaj|order=6th President of the [[African Development Bank]]|predecessor=Babacar Ndiaye|successor=[[Donald Kaberuka]]|term_end=1 September 2005|term_start=1 September 1995|birth_date=15 August 1942|birth_place=[[Rabat]], [[Morocco]]|nationality=Moroccan}}'''Omar Kabbaj''' is advisor to King [[Mohammed VI]] of [[Morocco]], since 22 June 2006. He has been the President of the [[African Development Bank]] from 26 August 1995 to 1 September 2005. He was a member of the [[International Monetary Fund]] (1980–1993) board and member of the Board of Directors of the [[World Bank]] (1979–1980), and Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister of Morocco, and was in charge of Economic affairs, from 1993 to 1995. == Education and career == Omar Kabbaj graduated from the Toulouse Business School (Class of 1963). He began his career in July 1963 at the Bureau de recherches et de participation minières (BRPM) as the head of the mineral marketing department in the investment division of this organization. In 1966, he was recruited to the National Bank for Economic Development (BNDE) first as an attaché in the credit control department. He was then appointed Director of the financial department of this institution. In 1970, he was appointed by King Hassan II as the general director of the National Sugar Factory of Tadla (SUNAT), where he oversaw its construction and presided over the launch of its activities. Simultaneously, Kabbaj was attached to the general secretariat of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Merchant Marine. In 1974, King Hassan II appointed Omar Kabbaj as the general director of the National Sugarcane Factory of Sebou (SUNACAS), the first sugarcane factory in Morocco, while also assigning him a mission in the cabinet of the Minister of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Merchant Marine. In 1977, he was appointed chief of staff to the Minister of Finance, a position he held until 1979, when he joined the World Bank Group as a member of its board of directors, repre