Born in Ramallah on 3 Aug. 1945 to a Christian family; attended Al-Ahliyeh School, Ramallah, and the Coptic School in Jerusalem; head of the School Student Union from 1961-63; moved to the Studiumkolleg in Frankfurt, Germany, to study German language from 1964-65, then enrolled at the University of Frankfurt, studying Medicine from 1966-71; Board member and Secretary of the GUPS; established with other professionals the Palestinian Doctors’ Union and the Palestinian Red Crescent in Cairo in 1969; established and headed the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Germany (until 1972); returned to Palestine and opened a private clinic in Ramallah in 1972; established with other professionals the Patient’s Friends Society and became its Secretary in 1977; serves as Chairman of the Board of the Patient’s Friends Society since 1982; established and still heading the first traumatic rehabilitation center for Intifada Injuries (Abu Rayya Rehabilitation Center) in Ramallah in 1990; Board Member of the Arab Care Medical Services since 1990; member of the Palestinian Health Council and the Union of Ramallah People since 1992; Chairman of the Board of the Union of Ramallah People since 1994; member of the PLO Central Council; elected member of the PLC (Fateh) for the Ramallah district (Christian quota) in the Jan. 1996 elections; second deputy speaker of the PLC since 1998; head of the Board of Trustees of the Ramallah Regional Emergency and Trauma Center since 2001.

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