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Samih Rawhi Afif Tubilah (December 17, 1950 in Nablus ) is an architect from the State of Palestine . He served as Minister of Transport and Communications in Rami Hamdallah’s third government .
Growing up and educational attainment
Tubaila was born on December 17, 1950 in the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank . He received his school education and obtained high school in the city. He left for the Arab Republic of Egypt , and obtained a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Ain Shams University in 1976.
Working life
After graduating, Tubaila worked in an engineering office, and later developed and held many positions, most notably: head of the Palestinian Contractors Syndicate in the West Bank from 2006 to 2008, and president of a sports club in Nablus from 2010 to 2014. Tubaila has worked since 1985 at the Faculty of Engineering at An-Najah National University as an external member of the graduation project committees. Tubila was a member of the Palestinian Engineers Syndicate , the Board of Trustees of Hebron University , the Nablus Municipality , the Union of Arab and Islamic Contractors and later the Nablus Municipality.
On July 31, 2015, he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Transport and Communications in the first ministerial reshuffle of Rami Hamdallah’s third government. It continued until April 13, 2019.
In August 2015, the Minister of Local Government, Hussein Al-Araj, decided to appoint a local government committee to run the work of the Nablus Municipal Council , headed by Samih Tubaila, until the 2017 Palestinian local elections were held , in which he won.
In August 2019, he assumed the mayorship of Nablus , succeeding Adly Yaish, pursuant to a prior agreement on the nomination list for the 2017 elections.
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