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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Born in Anabta in 1944; enrolled at Al-Azhar University and graduated with a BA in Commerce in 1967; involved with Fateh since 1967; Dir. of Fateh Broadcasting from 1969-70; Director of Voice of Palestine / Sawt Filastin radio from 1973-78; PLO ambassador to China, Egypt, and Yugoslavia; PNC member since 1977; member of Fateh Revolutionary Council since 1980; represents Fateh in the PLO Central Council since 1989; PA ambassador to Jordan until 1995, then appointed by Yasser Arafat as Sec-.Gen. of the PA, responsible for presidential affairs; elected PLC member (Fateh) for the Tulkarem constituency in the Jan. 1996 elections; headed a Committee appointed by Arafat to oversee dialogue with PLO-affiliated opposition groups in 1996; appointed by Arafat to head a commission to investigate the PA corruption report in June 1997; made the official announcement of the death of Pres. Arafat on 11 Nov. 2004 in Ramallah; was reappointed as Sec.-Gen. of the PA under the leadership of Pres. Mahmoud Abbas (until the Jan. 2006 PLC elections), was elected member of Fateh Central Committee of Fateh 6th convention in Bethlehem on August 4th 2009.
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