Riyad al-Maliki
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Riyad Al-Maliki is former Minister of Information
, Government Spokesperson, and Foreign Affairs Minister
of the Palestinian National Authority
in its 12th Government, and resumed office as Foreign Affairs Minister in the current 13th Government.
Al-Maliki was born in 1955 and earned a PhD in Civil Engineering at the American University.
He was formally a lecturer in Birzeit University
and was a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
. He was head and founder of Panorama,the Palestinian Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community Development, an active non-governmental organization in the Palestinian civil society. He worked at the engineering department at Birzeit University in 1978 and he became Head of the Civil Engineering Department in the university. He got awarded the European Peace Prize in 2000 in Copenhagen and the Italian Peace Prize (Lombardi) in 2005. He is the coordinator of the Arab Program to Support and Develop Democracy which is an alliance of more than 12 civil society institutions. Visiting professor in several European universities.
In 2007, Al-Maliki was one of three government ministers who investigated the circumstances of Palestinians who were stranded on the Egyptian side of the border along the Gaza strip
, because the only border crossing available to them was Israeli controlled and they feared interrogation or arrest.
Information Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
The Information Minister of the Palestinian National Authority is the minister in charge of election polls, media and has a role in advising the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority...
, Government Spokesperson, and Foreign Affairs Minister
Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority is in charge of foreign relations. In June 2006, Israel attacked the ministry's office in Gaza City twice...
of the Palestinian National Authority
Palestinian National Authority
The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
in its 12th Government, and resumed office as Foreign Affairs Minister in the current 13th Government.
Al-Maliki was born in 1955 and earned a PhD in Civil Engineering at the American University.
He was formally a lecturer in Birzeit University
Birzeit University
Birzeit University is a university located in Birzeit near Ramallah, Palestinian territories. BZU is among the foremost tertiary educational institutes in the Palestinian territories and has played a significant role in the Palestinian political dialogue.- History :The institution was originally...
and was a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah...
. He was head and founder of Panorama,the Palestinian Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community Development, an active non-governmental organization in the Palestinian civil society. He worked at the engineering department at Birzeit University in 1978 and he became Head of the Civil Engineering Department in the university. He got awarded the European Peace Prize in 2000 in Copenhagen and the Italian Peace Prize (Lombardi) in 2005. He is the coordinator of the Arab Program to Support and Develop Democracy which is an alliance of more than 12 civil society institutions. Visiting professor in several European universities.
In 2007, Al-Maliki was one of three government ministers who investigated the circumstances of Palestinians who were stranded on the Egyptian side of the border along the Gaza strip
Gaza Strip
thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
, because the only border crossing available to them was Israeli controlled and they feared interrogation or arrest.