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Hikmat Zaid | |
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حكمت زيد | |
2nd Agriculture Minister[1] | |
In office 9 August 1998 – 13 June 2002 Acting: 2004–2005 | |
President | Yasser Arafat |
Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
Preceded by | Abdul Jawad Saleh |
Succeeded by | Rafiq Al-Natsheh |
5th Transport Minister[2] | |
In office 11 November 2003 – 24 February 2005 | |
President |
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Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei (after November 2004) |
Preceded by | Abdulrahman Hamad |
Succeeded by | Saadeddin Kharma |
Presidential Advisor for Governorate Affairs[3] | |
In office 2006 – 30 November 2013 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
Member of the Fatah Advisory Council | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
1st Governor of Jenin | |
In office 27 December 1994 – 24 November 1996 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Zuhair Al-Manasra |
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council | |
In office 1996 won Jenin as Independent – 2006 lost Jenin as Fatah | |
Member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council | |
In office 1988–2008 | |
Ambassador to Hungary[4] | |
In office 1985–1995 | |
Preceded by | Atif Abu Bakir |
Succeeded by | Khalid Ghazal |
Ambassador to Yemen Arab Republic | |
In office 1979–1985 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Deputy PLO Representative to Moscow | |
In office 1977–1979 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Personal details | |
Born | Silat al-Harithiya, Jenin, Mandatory Palestine | 9 August 1945
Nationality | Palestinian |
Political party | Fatah 1965–present PLO 1967–present |
Residence(s) | Ramallah, Palestine Amman, Jordan |
Alma mater | Alexandria University |
Occupation | Politician, advisor, minister, governor, ambassador |
Profession | Agricultural Engineering |
Hikmat Hashim Lotfi Zaid Al-Kilani (Arabic: حكمت هاشم لطفي زيد الكيلاني, romanized: Ḥikmat Hāshim Luṭfī Zayd al-Kīlānī, born 9 August 1945), also known by his kunya Abu Zaid (Arabic: ابو زيد, romanized: Abū Zayd), is a Palestinian politician[5][6] who served as the 2nd Minister of Agriculture[7] from 1996 to 2002 in Yasser Arafat's third government[1] and later as the 5th Minister of Transportation and Communications from 2003 to 2005 in Ahmed Qurei's second government[2] within the Palestinian National Authority.
From 1988 up until 2008, he was a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, where he previously served as the 1st Governor of Jenin from 1994 to 1996[8] and represented it as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from 1996 to 2006.[9][10]
Zaid represented the Palestinian Liberation Organization on an international level, serving as the Ambassador to Hungary from 1985 to 1994[4] to Yemen from 1979 to 1985, and to the Soviet Union from 1977 to 1979.
Zaid is currently a member of the Fatah Advisory Council[11] and also served from 2006 to 2013 as a senior advisor to Mahmoud Abbas for Governorates affairs.[3]
Hikmat criticizes Fatah
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