, Palestine
(1933-2004)
Born in 1933; brother of
Yasser Arafat; studied Medicine at Cairo University, 1950-57;
practiced as pediatrician in Cairo hospitals, then in Kuwait (from 1962)
and Jordan (from 1967); became a member of the PNC in 1967; President of
Palestine General Union of Physicians and Pharmacists since 1968;
Vice-Pres. of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) since 1968 and
Pres. since 1978; in 1972, Honorary Secretary of the Executive Board of
the Council of Arab Ministers of Health; in 1982, elected Vice-President,
Council of Ministers of Public Health of the Non-Aligned Countries; since
1982 Chief Delegate for Palestine to the World Health Organization in
Geneva; since 1992 President of the Palestine Academy for Science and
Technology (formerly Palestine Academy for Scientific Research), and Pres.
of the Palestine Higher Health Council; died in Cairo on 1 December 2004.
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