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- Country of residence: Portugal
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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).
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