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"Mohammad Nasser" Jarir Noman Al-Qudwa ( April 16, 1953 -) is a Palestinian politician and diplomat , born in Gaza . He is the nephew of the late President Yasser Arafat , and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arafat Foundation since its establishment. He obtained a degree in dentistry from Cairo University in 1979. He was appointed Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2003 until 2005 in the government of Ahmed Qurei .
His career
Nasser Al-Qudwa was born in Khan Yunis . He studied primary and secondary school in schools in Libya and Egypt and obtained a bachelor’s degree in dentistry from Cairo University . He joined the Fatah movement in 1969 and participated in its national activities. He was a student activist within the General Union of Palestinian Students . He was elected a member of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1981 to 1986. He held several political and diplomatic positions, including:
Al-Qudwa began his diplomatic career in 1986, when Yasser Arafat appointed him as an assistant to the Permanent Representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Zuhdi Tarazi . He replaced him in 1991, and remained there until 2003. Al-Qudwa contributed effectively to moving a case against the Israeli separation wall in the United Nations , where these efforts resulted in a decision by the International Court of Justice in The Hague declaring the wall illegal and requiring compensation for the Palestinian victims.
The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby, chose him as Deputy and Assistant to the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, and to be a joint envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League to Syria.
He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2003 and 2005.
He was elected as a member of the National Council representing the Union in 1975, and was Chairman of the Union’s Administrative Body in 1982.
Member of the Administrative Board of the Palestine Red Crescent Society in 1980.
Observer member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council in 1981, then full member in 1989.
Member of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization between (1981-1986) and (2009-2021).
Member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement in its sixth general conference held in Bethlehem in 2009, then re-elected in the seventh general conference of Fatah held in Ramallah in 2016.
He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Yasser Arafat Foundation (based in Ramallah) between 2007-2021.
He issued it
He has articles including:
The Biden Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Once again...the nation-state and adherence to it is the basis.
The Palestinian issue and the Arab situation.
Israeli crimes together.
His disagreement with Fatah and his dismissal
Following the decision to hold legislative elections in May 2021 before President Abbas decided to postpone them, Nasser al-Qudwa formed the National Democratic Forum to enter the elections independently outside the movement’s lists. The Fatah Central Committee issued a decision stating that.
"Ramallah 11-3-2021 WAFA- The Central Committee of Fatah movement decided to dismiss Nasser al-Qudwa from its membership and from the movement based on its decision issued in its session on 8-3-2021, which stipulated his dismissal, and that he be given 48 hours to retract his declared positions that violate the movement's internal regulations and decisions and harm its unity. The Fatah Central Committee added in a statement, today, Thursday, after the failure of all efforts made with him by the brothers assigned to do so, and in commitment to the internal regulations, the movement's decisions, and to preserve its unity, it considers its decision to dismiss him effective from its date."
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