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Zakaria Alagha

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  • Country of residence: Palestine
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1942
  • Age: 74
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Born in Khan Younis in 1942; studied Medicine at Cairo University and graduated in 1965 with an M.B.B.Ch and an MD in General Medicine; worked as a physician and head of the medical section at Nasr Hospital in Khan Younis until his dismissal by Israel for making political statements to the press without military permission in Aug. 1987; member of the Executive Committee of the Arab Medical Association from 1977-85 and its chairman from 1985-92; member of the Executive Committee of the Council on Higher Education from 1985-92; Fateh Central Committee member; worked at Al-Ahli Arabi Hospital since 1989 and became part of its administration; Chairman of the Council of Health Services in Gaza since 1990; member of the delegation to the 1991 Madrid conference and the subsequent talks in Washington; appointed by Yasser Arafat to head the Fateh High Command in Gaza since mid-1994; PA Minister for Housing from 1994-96; ran as a Fateh candidate in the Jan. 1996 elections for the PLC, but lost; independent member of the PLO Exec. Committee since April 1996 (one of three members from – for the first time – ‘inside’ the OPT); known as Arafat loyalist; led the Fateh delegation to the Palestinian national dialogue talks in Cairo in Nov. 2002.



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