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'''Hakam Balawi''' ([[1939]]-) is a [[Palestinian]] politician and has been a member of the [[Palestinian National Authority]] cabinet and the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]]. He was born in the town of [[Bal'a]], near [[Tulkarm]] in [[British Mandate Palestine]].<ref name="JMCC">[http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/pagovnov03.htm The PA Ministerial Cabinet List November 2003: Biography of PA Cabinet] Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre</ref> |
'''Hakam Umar As‘ad Balawi''' ([[1939]]-) is a [[Palestinian]] politician and has been a member of the [[Palestinian National Authority]] cabinet and the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]]. He was born in the town of [[Bal'a]], near [[Tulkarm]] in [[British Mandate Palestine]].<ref name="JMCC">[http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/pagovnov03.htm The PA Ministerial Cabinet List November 2003: Biography of PA Cabinet] Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre</ref> |
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Balawi became the Deputy Head of the Central Information Committee of Fatah from 1968-78. His political career began when he was assigned as the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]]'s ambassador to [[Libya]] from 1973-75. After, serving as ambassador he became a staunch [[Fatah]] activist and then served as an ambassador of the PLO to [[Tunisia]] between 1983-94.<ref name="JMCC"/> |
Balawi became the Deputy Head of the Central Information Committee of Fatah from 1968-78. His political career began when he was assigned as the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]]'s ambassador to [[Libya]] from 1973-75. After, serving as ambassador he became a staunch [[Fatah]] activist and then served as an ambassador of the PLO to [[Tunisia]] between 1983-94.<ref name="JMCC"/> |
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Revision as of 20:55, 28 May 2008
Hakam Umar As‘ad Balawi (1939-) is a Palestinian politician and has been a member of the Palestinian National Authority cabinet and the Palestinian Legislative Council. He was born in the town of Bal'a, near Tulkarm in British Mandate Palestine.[1]
Balawi became the Deputy Head of the Central Information Committee of Fatah from 1968-78. His political career began when he was assigned as the Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to Libya from 1973-75. After, serving as ambassador he became a staunch Fatah activist and then served as an ambassador of the PLO to Tunisia between 1983-94.[1]
Yasser Arafat assigned Balawi the cabinet post of Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority in November 2003. Currently he is a member of the Palestinian National Council and the Secretary of the Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists.[1] During Arafat's presidency of the PNA and his chairmanship of the PLO, Balawi was said to be a "loyalist".[2]
Balawi has also engaged in writing several plays and novels. He is married with four children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d The PA Ministerial Cabinet List November 2003: Biography of PA Cabinet Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre
- ^ New Palestinian cabinet approved BBC News 2003-11-12.