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Muhammad Kamal Hassouna

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  • Country of residence: Palestine
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1942
  • Age: 81
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Muhammad Kamal Hassouna (born March 21, 1942 in Hebron ) is a jurist , lawyer , and economist from the State of Palestine . He held the positions of Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Minister of Public Works and Housing, and Minister of National Economy in the first government of Salam Fayyad . He is a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council for the Independent Palestine Bloc. 

Early life and education 

Muhammad Kamal Ibrahim Muhammad Hassouna was born in Hebron on March 21, 1942, in the southern West Bank . He received his school education in the city, then left for the Arab Republic of Egypt to study law , where he obtained a bachelor's degree from Cairo University in 1969. 

working life 

Hassouna worked as a lawyer for only two years, then went to work in free trade, where he contributed to the establishment and establishment of several factories and companies such as the Islamic Takaful Insurance Company, Al-Safa Islamic Bank and the Palestinian Mineral Oils Company (Petropal). He was also a member of the Red Crescent Society in Hebron and president of the Organizing Association family, and the Housing Association in Hebron, and one of the founders of the Businessmen Association in Ramallah and Jerusalem , and the Federation of Palestinian Industries, which he later headed. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Bethlehem University , and also of the Board of Trustees of An-Najah National University . 

On June 14, 2007, he was appointed Minister of the National Economy, Public Works, Housing, Communications and Information Technology in the twelfth Palestinian government headed by Salam Fayyad , and he served until May 19, 2009. 
He holds the position of Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Safa Islamic Bank . 

 

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