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Ibrahim Muhammad Mahmoud Khraisha ( March 26, 1956 in Tulkarm -) is a Palestinian politician , diplomat , and ambassador . [3] He holds the position of the Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations in Geneva and to all international organizations and the Palestinian Ambassador to Switzerland . He has held the position Deputy Palestinian Foreign Minister .
Growing up and educational attainment
Ibrahim Muhammad Mahmoud Khraisha was born in the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank on March 26 , 1956. He received his education in the schools of his city of Tulkarm , then obtained a degree in medicine from the University of Belgrade in the Republic of Serbia. He also obtained a diploma in international law from the center. International Human Rights Council in Strasbourg .
Political and diplomatic life
He was elected in 1990 as President of the General Union of Palestine Students , and assumed the presidency of the administration of the final status negotiations in the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1995 , and in 1997 he was elected a member of both the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Revolutionary Council of the Fatah movement .
In 2003, he became Director General in the Department of Popular Organizations by a decision of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, then an official for international organizations in the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2004, and in 2005 he became an ambassador in the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs according to a decision issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas .
He became Deputy Minister of Palestinian Foreign Affairs (undersecretary) in 2005 until 2010, and served as the Special Palestinian Envoy to the Presidency of the European Union, and on October 3, 2008 he assumed the position of delegate Palestine's permanent position at the United Nations in Geneva and the position of Palestine's permanent representative to all international organizations, including the Human Rights Council .
On April 15, 2010, he assumed the position of Palestinian Ambassador to Switzerland , [16] and on July 1, 2010 , President Mahmoud Abbas chose him as part of the dialogue committee with the Vatican City ; Until the drafting of cooperation agreements between the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Vatican .
Khreisha is a member of the Palestinian Alliance for Peace, and his name has been nominated several times to hold the portfolio of the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a number of Palestinian governments; However, he refused to do so.
Khraisha has multiple diplomatic experience, and has completed a number of courses, including a course in environment and development in 1992 , and courses in international law in France and Switzerland in 1993 .
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