Hikmat Zaid

Hikmat Zaid
حكمت زيد
2nd Agriculture Minister[1]
In office
9 August 1998 – 13 June 2002
Acting: 2004–2005
PresidentYasser Arafat
Prime MinisterAhmed Qurei
Preceded byAbdul Jawad Saleh
Succeeded byRafiq Al-Natsheh
5th Transport Minister[2]
In office
11 November 2003 – 24 February 2005
President
Prime MinisterAhmed Qurei
(after November 2004)
Preceded byAbdulrahman Hamad
Succeeded bySaadeddin Kharma
Presidential Advisor for Governorate Affairs[3]
In office
2006 – 30 November 2013
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Member of the Fatah Advisory Council
Assumed office
2008
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
1st Governor of Jenin
In office
27 December 1994 – 24 November 1996
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byZuhair 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 byAtif Abu Bakir
Succeeded byKhalid Ghazal
Ambassador to Yemen Arab Republic
In office
1979–1985
Preceded byOffice established
Deputy PLO Representative to Moscow
In office
1977–1979
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born (1945-08-09) 9 August 1945 (age 79)
Silat al-Harithiya, Jenin, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityPalestinian
Political party Fatah 1965–present  PLO 1967–present
Residence(s)Ramallah, Palestine
Amman, Jordan
Alma materAlexandria University
OccupationPolitician, advisor, minister, governor, ambassador
ProfessionAgricultural Engineering

Hikmat Hashim Lotfi Zaid Al-Kilani (Arabic: حكمت هاشم لطفي زيد الكيلاني, romanizedḤikmat 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]

  1. ^ a b "تشكيلة الحكومة الفلسطينية الثالثة" [Formation of the third Palestinian government] (PDF). Wafa News Agency | Palestinian News & Information Agency (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "تشكيلة الحكومة الفلسطينية الثامنة" [Formation of the eight Palestinian government] (PDF). Palestinian News & Information Agency (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "مستشار الرئيس لشؤون المحافظات الوزير حكمت زيد يعقد سلسلة اجتماعات في محافظة جنين" [Presidential Advisor for Governorate Affairs, Minister Hekmat Zaid, holds a series of meetings in Jenin Governorate]. Maan News Agency. 20 December 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b Ambassadors of Palestine to Hungary – Embassy of the State of Palestine in Hungary
  5. ^ "الوزير حكمت زيد يقوم بجولة تفقدية لمحافظة جنين وحركة فتح تثمن موقفه" [Minister Hekmat Zaid conducts an inspection tour of Jenin Governorate and Fatah Movement appreciates his position]. Maan News Agency. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Al-Kilani, Hikmat Zeid | Personalities". Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  7. ^ Kawach, Nadim (29 April 2002). "Abu Dhbai Argiculture Conference 2002". Gulf News. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. ^ قرار رقم (226) لسنة 1994 [Resolution No. (226) of 1994] (PDF) (Report). Electronic reference for the official gazette. 27 December 1994.
  9. ^ "نتائج الانتخابات الفلسطينية 1996" [Palestinian election results 1996] (PDF). Central Elections Commission – Palestine. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  10. ^ "الانتخابات التشريعية الثانية 2006 النتائج النهائية لانتخابات الدوائر" [Second legislative elections 2006 Final results of constituency elections] (PDF). Central Elections Commission – Palestine. 30 January 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hikmat criticizes Fatah was invoked but never defined (see the help page).