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Palestinian politician (born 1947)

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Azzam al-Ahmad
عزام الأحمد
Al-Ahmad in 2013
Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology
In office
12 November 2003 – 24 February 2005
PresidentYasser Arafat
Mahmoud Abbas
Prime MinisterAhmed Qurei
Preceded byAbdul Rahman Hamad
Succeeded bySabri Saydam
In office
29 October 2002 – 6 October 2003
PresidentYasser Arafat
Prime MinisterMahmoud Abbas
Preceded byMitri Abu Eita
Succeeded byAbdul Rahman Hamad
Minister of Public Works and Housing
In office
9 June 2002 – 29 October 2002
PresidentYasser Arafat
Preceded byAbdel Rahman Tawfiq Abdel Hadi Hamad
Succeeded byHamdan Ashou
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
for Jenin Governorate
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 March 1996
Ambassador of the Palestine Liberation Organization to Iraq
In office
1979–1994
PresidentYasser Arafat
Preceded byAbdullah Al-Awad (Chargé d'affaires)
Personal details
BornAzzam Najeeb Mustafa Al-Ahmad
(1947-11-24) 24 November 1947 (age 77)
Rummanah, Jenin, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyFatah
Alma materBaghdad University (BA)
OccupationPolitician

Azzam al-Ahmad (Arabic: عزام الأحمد; born 24 November 1947) is a Palestinian politician, economist and diplomat. He holds a BA in economics from Baghdad University and has held various significant positions throughout his career. He was the head of the From 1971 to 1974, he served as the head of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) in Ba'athist Iraq, later becoming the deputy head of the GUPS Executive Committee from 1974 to 1980.

Al-Ahmad was the Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to Iraq from 1979 to 1994 and has been a member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council since 1989. He was elected in 1996 and re-elected in 2006 as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, representing the Jenin Governorate.

On 13 October 2022 he became one of the Palestinian reconciliation agreement signatories.

Early life and family

Al-Ahmad was born in the village of Rummanah, located in north of Jenin. In 1968, His father, Najeeb al-Ahmad, was deported across the Jordan River by the Israeli Army after its occupation of the West Bank. while in exile in Amman after 1967, Najeeb and his family of nine children found fertile grounds for their cause and political activities. Soon after deportation, Najeeb became a prominent member of the Jordanian parliament. Azzam al-Ahmad graduated from high school and joined the Syrian universities but later moved to Baghdad with the coming of the Ba'ath party to power in Iraq in 1969 as a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause.

References

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  2. "Azzam Najib Alahmad".
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  4. "مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني". info.wafa.ps.
  5. "Palestinian Government of November 2003". Archived from the original on 3 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. "Palestinian rivals agree to hold elections but doubts presist". Reuters. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. "Palestinian factions sign reconcil agreement in Algeria | Palestinian Authority News | Al Jazeera". Al Jazeera. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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