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Azzam al-Ahmad | |
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عزام الأحمد | |
![]() Al-Ahmad in 2013 | |
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council | |
Minister of Public Works and Housing | |
Assumed office 9 June 2002 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1947 (age 76–77) Rummanah, Jenin, Mandatory Palestine |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Alma mater | Baghdad University |
Occupation | Politician |
Azzam al-Ahmad (Arabic: عزام الأحمد; born 1947)[1][2][3][4] (previously Minister of Public Works and Housing portfolio added on 9 June 2002) received a BA in economics from Baghdad University. He was the head of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) in Iraq from 1971 to 1974, deputy head of GUPS Executive Committee from 1974 to 1980, Palestine Liberation Organization ambassador to Iraq from 1979 to 1994. He was also a Fatah-RC member from 1989 and is a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council representing the Jenin Governorate as a Fatah candidate.[5] On 13 October 2022 he became one of the Palestinian reconciliation agreement signatories.[6][7]