Afif Safieh عفيف صافية | |
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 Afif Safieh presents his credentials to President Dmitry Medvedev in September 2008. | |
| Palestine Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1990–2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Hassassian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1950 East Jerusalem, Jordanian West Bank |
| Alma mater | Université catholique de Louvain Sciences Po |
Afif Safieh (Arabic: عفيف صافية, born 4 May 1950) is a Palestinian diplomat. He has served as a Palestinian delegate to the Netherlands (1987-1990), to the United Kingdom (1990-2005), the Holy See, Vatican (1995-2005), and in Washington, D.C. as the head of the PLO mission (2005-2008). He was most recently the Palestinian ambassador to the Russian Federation.[1]
Safieh is an experienced diplomat, having served in the three most politically significant capitals: London, Washington, and Moscow.[2] Before this, he was deputy director of the PLO Observer Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva.[3]
- ^ Safieh, Afif (2004). On Palestinian Diplomacy. Palestinian General Delegation to the U.K. and the Office of Representation of the P.L.O. to the Holy See.
- ^ "H.E. Ambassador Afif Safieh". Cambridge Centre for Palestine Studies. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Afif Safieh". Mapping Palestinian Politics. ECFR. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2023.