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Sector : Public Figures, Public Figures
Born in Khan Younis in 1950; studied in Moscow and Baghdad and holds a BA in Agricultural Engineering; activist in the first Intifada; was involved in the secret Oslo talks and the subsequent negotiation process, assisting chief negotiator Ahmed Qrei’a; produced a draft joint Declaration of Principles; served as head of the PLO Negotiation Affairs Dept. during the talks for the Gaza-Jericho-First accord (1994); was elected PLC member (Independent) in the Khan Younis constituency in the Jan. 1996 elections; PA minister without portfolio (from 1998) and later Min. of NGO affairs (from 1999-2002); PPP member; head of the PA Commission on NGO’s Affairs (later of Human Rights & NGO’s Affairs) from 2002; member of the Palestinian Constitutional Consultative Committee.Source