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Zakaria al-Agha

Personal Info

  • Country of residence: Palestine
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1942
  • Age: 79
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  • Zakaria Al-Agha is a Palestinian politician born in 1942. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the former Palestine Liberation Organization, a member of the Central Committee of Fatah from 1994 to 2017, and the General Commissioner for Mobilization and Organization of Fatah in the Gaza Strip until 2016, and head of the Refugee Affairs Department in the Palestine Liberation Organization until year 2018

    career
    Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Cairo University 1965.
    Degree in Internal Medicine, 1971.
    Head of the Internal Medicine Department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis 1974-1987, where he was dismissed by the occupation authorities for security reasons.
    Head of the Internal Medicine Department at Al-Ahly Hospital in Gaza 1989-1993.

    union work
    Founding member of the Arab Medical Association for the Gaza Strip 1977.
    Treasurer of the Arab Medical Association 1978-1984.
    President of the Arab Medical Association 1985 - 1992.
    Treasurer of the Higher Education Council in Jerusalem 1985-1992.
    Member of the Blood Bank Association in Gaza since its inception until now.
    Member of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
    Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Al-Azhar University 2002-2005.

    national work
    Member of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement since 1967.
    Member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement from 1992 until now.
    The movement has been accredited in the Gaza Strip since 1993-2005.
    Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization 1996-2017
    He served as Head of the Department of National and International Relations in the Palestine Liberation Organization.
    Head of the Refugee Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization until April 2018
    Head of the National Action Authority in Gaza, which includes all the factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization
    Commissioner General of Mobilization and Organization for the Southern Governorates "Gaza" until 2016

    political work
    Member of the Palestinian tripartite delegation interlocuting former US Secretary of State James Baker alongside Faisal Al Husseini and Dr. Hanan Ashrawi in 1991 (before the Madrid negotiations).
    Member of the Palestinian negotiating delegation at the Madrid-Washington Conference 1991-1993.
    The first housing minister in the first government formed by m. T. P for the Palestinian National Authority 1994-1995.

 

 

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