Birth: NULL/NULL/1947 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
Born in Silwan, Jerusalem, on 1 June 1947; received a BSc in Dentistry from the University of Baghdad, Iraq in 1971; returned and opened a private clinic in Jerusalem; continued his education in Buckinghamshire, UK, from 1982-84, specializing in oral surgery; served as Chairman of the Dental Association in the West Bank from 1985-90 and as head of the Professionals’ Union from 1986-90; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem from the late 1980s; Executive Member, Council for Higher Education from 1989; Pres. of the Palestinian-Swedish Friendship Society since 1989; Sec.-Gen. of the Health Services Council from 1989; Board Member of the International Coordinating Committee on the Question of Palestine (ICCP); member of the Coordinating Committee for NGOs on the Question of Palestine in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; member of the Palestinian Medical School Committee; became Deputy Assistant to the PA Minister of Planning and International Cooperation in 1996, later Undersecretary; President of the Center for Health Services in Jerusalem; Member of the Editorial Board of the Palestine-Israel Journal; Palestinian representative to Switzerland since 2004.
