Hasan Tahboub Explained

Hasan Fateen Tahboub
Birth Date:July 1923
Birth Place:Hebron, Southern West Bank
Death Date:27 April 1998 (aged 74)
Death Place:Amman, Jordan
Office:Head of the Supreme Muslim Council in Jerusalem
Term Start:1993
Term End:1998
Office2:Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs in the Palestinian Authority
Term Start2:1994
Term End2:1998
Office3:Director General of Waqf in the West Bank and Jerusalem
Term Start3:1960
Term End3:1984
Nationality:Palestinian

Hasan Fateen Tahboub (حسن فطين طهبوب) (July 1923  - April 1998), was a leader of the Arab community in Jerusalem, Head of the Supreme Muslim Council in Jerusalem (1993–1998) and Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs in the Palestinian Authority (1994–1998).[1] He was born in the southern West Bank city of Hebron into the Tahboub family which had a notable role in managing the Islamic Waqf in Palestine for many centuries.

Tahboub spent most of his life managing and defending the Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem and the West Bank since he joined the Waqf department of Palestine in 1947. He was Director General of Waqf in the West Bank (1960–1984) and Jerusalem during the Jordanian era.

Tahboub's father, Fateen Tahboub was a member of the 5th Jordanian Parliament representing Hebron, elected in 1958. Hasan Tahboub died in Amman, Jordan on April 27, 1998 and was buried in the Old City of Jerusalem, near the Lions' Gate.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: pmo.gov.ps . 2020-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704122941/http://www.pmo.gov.ps/ . 2008-07-04 . dead .