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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Born in Beirut in March 1900; studied at the Islamic College in Beirut then attended the Frères and St. Joseph Schools in Jaffa; joined his brother Awni Abdul Hadi in Paris, where he studied at Hughes College in Versailles; also graduated in 1930 with a law degree from the Palestinian Law School in Jerusalem; worked with Awni in their law office in Jerusalem and looked after the family property in Nablus, Jenin and Arrabeh between 1930-47; during the 1948 Nakba, became a refugee to Beirut, Lebanon; returned to Palestine in 1950 and joined the Jordanian judiciary system; was appointed as District Attorney in Nablus in 1950, then as judge in the Jerusalem District Court in 1953; in 1955, became a Judge in the Jerusalem Court of Appeals, and in 1958 Attorney General in the West Bank; served as Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Justice in Amman from 1960-62; was appointed by a royal decree as member of the Jordanian Upper House (Jordanian Parliament) and headed its Legal Committee, through which he also contributed to the drafting of the first Jordanian Civil Law in 1963; became a PNC member in 1964; was active in its Legal Committee and took part in the drafting of the Palestinian National Charter; after the 1967 June War, was one of the founding members of the Higher Islamic Council and member of the first National Guidance Committee; died in Jerusalem on 25 June 1977.
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