Born in 1938, Safad – Palestine. 

Married and father of two sons and two daughters. 

Education: 

• M.B.A.       University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1961. 

• Ph.D.   Economics and Management Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1965. 

• LL.D (Honores Causa) University of Pennsylvania, 1998. 

Fateh Positions: 

1971-     Member of the Revolutionary Council. 

1971-1989     Chairman: Fateh National Congress. 

1989-2016    Member of the Central Committee. 

2009     Head of the Political Committee of the general Congress of Fateh, and 

                       editor of its Political Program. 

2009-2016    Commissioner of International Relations of Fateh. 2 

P.L.O and Palestinian Authority 

2017-  Advisor to the President of Palestine for Foreign and International 

           Relations. 

2005-2006       Deputy Prime Minister, and Acting Prime Minister, and Minister of 

 Information. 

1994-2006 Minster of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Planning and International 

Cooperation. 

1995-2006     Member, Higher Negotiation Committee, attending Wye River, Camp 

                        David, Taba, Annapolis and other major Negotiation Arenas. 

1996-     Elected Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. 

1992-1995      PLO: Chief Palestinian Negotiator with Israel. 

1989-      Member, Palestine Central Council. 

1970–1977      Director General of the Palestine Liberation Organization Planning 

                        Center in Beirut and Chairman Arafat’s political advisor. Later on 

                         became his chief foreign relations advisor. 

1969-               Member, Palestine National Council and Head of the Political 

                        Committee. 

Non-Political Positions: 

2005-             Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Al-Azhar University, Gaza. 

1975–1992     Founder and President of Team International: a professional 

                       management training and consulting organization, and the Arab Center 

                       for Administrative Development in Beirut and Cairo, which trained 

                       thousands of Arab managers, and young men and women. 

1975-1992      Founder and Chairman: Dar El Fata Al Arabi, the Arab World’s only 

                       publishing house for children. 

1969-1975      Assistant Professor, then Dean of the Business School and Senator, 

                       American University of Beirut. 

1969-1976      Assistant Professor: National Institute of Management Development,  

                       and Visiting Professor: University of Alexandria and American  

                       University of Cairo. 

1961-1965       Instructor then lecturer: University of Pennsylvania