Hakim Echebbi

Hakim Echebbi
Biography
Name	Hakim Echebbi
Nationality	Algerian
Birth	Constantine, Algeria
Status	Player Determined
Age	38 (Far Cry 2)
Occupation	Lt. Commander, Algerian Navy (formerly) Real Estate Broker (formerly) Security Consultant
Relationships	Unnamed ex-wife
History
Appearances	Far Cry 2
Attributes
Role	Player Character NPC Companion
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Brown
Companion Traits
Weapons	SPAS-12
Real World
Played By	Marc Saez

«	Guy's a neat freak. Looks like he's had lots of military training. Heard he's a millionaire. Knows good irregular warfare tactics. Bit of an activist in his youth. Probably learned it all back then. Survived an assassination attempt that killed his sister and brother-in-law. That's sure to harden a man.	»
Journal Description

Hakim Echebbi was born in Algeria. He was an Algerian Navy officer, where he reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander and became head of maritime counterinsurgency. Later, he became a real estate broker in the United Arab Emirates. He also worked as a Marine freight security consultant. Once, he mentioned that he had a wife.

Far Cry 2 Prima Official Game Guide

"Hakim spent two years in the US at the Naval Postgraduate School before returning to Algeria to command a maritime counterinsurgency unit. Echebbi was involved in the Ad Dakhla incident, in which the patrol boat El Chihab engaged in a battle with a Moroccan vessel while extracting a commando unit from the Western Sahara. After narrowly escaping an assassination attempt that claimed the lives of his sister and brotherin-law, Echebbi was granted an indefi nite leave. For a year, his movements were erratic. He moved back and forth between Paris and Zurich and Tripoli, and at one point was linked to a car bombing at a train station. Returning to Algeria long enough to tender his resignation, Echebbi invested a substantial personal fortune into Dubai real estate. He exploited the emirate’s lenient rules regarding foreign ownership to incorporate a security company there, and began providing services to ships traversing the pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast. Shortly after the outbreak of the Iraq War, Echebbi’s fi rm became embroiled in a multimillion dollar insurance suit. He emptied out his accounts and disappeared."

Interactions

Hakim can be chosen as the player character in Far Cry 2. If he is not chosen, he will appear as a buddy to the player character.

Missions

During the progress of the game, Hakim may ask you to do a couple of favours for him:

• From Afar
• Dirty Talk

Trivia

• Hakim wields a SPAS-12 shotgun in combat.
• He and Xianyong Bai are the shortest playable characters in the game, with 5 ft 9in (1.75m).

Gallery

Journal entry

Journal entry (rotated)

Concept art

Hakim's infos in the character selection at the beginning of the game

1st Person