Hikmat Zaid | |
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حكمت زيد | |
Presidential Advisor for Governorate Affairs (Rank of Minister)[1][2] | |
In office 8 April 2006 – 30 November 2013 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
Prime Minister | Salam Fayyad |
2nd Agriculture Minister[3] | |
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[4] | |
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 |
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from Jenin | |
In office 20 January 1996 – 25 January 2006 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Azzam al-Ahmad |
1st Governor of Jenin | |
In office 27 December 1994 – 24 November 1996 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Zuhair Al-Manasra |
Member of the Fatah Advisory Council | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
Member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council | |
In office 1988–2008 | |
Ambassador to Hungary[5] | |
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 |
Spouse |
Itidal Zaid (m. 1971) |
Children | Zaid, Hisham, Samer, Hadil [6] |
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[7][8] who served as the 2nd Minister of Agriculture[9] from 1996 to 2002 in Yasser Arafat's third government,[3] the 5th Minister of Transportation and Communications from 2003 to 2005 in Ahmed Qurei's second government[4] and later as a senior Presidential Advisor with Rank of Minister to Mahmoud Abbas for Governorates affairs from 2006 to 2013 in Salam Fayyad's government[1][2] within the Palestinian National Authority.
Zaid represented the Palestinian Liberation Organization on an international level, serving as the Ambassador to Hungary from 1985 to 1994[5] to Yemen from 1979 to 1985, and to the Soviet Union from 1977 to 1979. 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[10] and represented it as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from 1996 to 2006.[11][12] Zaid is currently a member of the Fatah Advisory Council.[13]
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