Qadura Fares Explained

Qadura Fares
President:Mahmoud Abbas
Primeminister:Mohammad Shtayyeh
Mohammad Mustafa
Office:Minister for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs
Term Start:7 August 2023
Office1:Palestinian Authority Minister without Portfolio
Primeminister1:Ahmed Qurei
Term Start1:2003
Term End1:2005
Office2:Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Term Start2:1996
Term End2:2006
Constituency2:Fatah
Office3:Head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club
Term Start3:2011
Office4:Minister of State for the Affairs of Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission
Term Start4:2003

Qadura Fares (Arabic: قدّورة فارس) is a Palestinian politician. He was a Palestinian Authority minister without portfolio under Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei from 2003 to 2005, and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council for Fatah from 1996 to 2006. He is a close friend, aide and adviser to senior Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti. Fares is regarded as one of the principal architects of Fatah's 'young guard' movement, who briefly formed the al-Mustaqbal or "Future" list (2005) before joining with Mahmoud Abbas to form a united Fatah list for the upcoming elections.

Fares was not nominated in the united list for the 2006 elections, and ran unsuccessfully as an independent in the Ramallah district. Also, since at least 2011, Fares has been consistently referred to as the "head" of the Palestinian Prisoners Club, so it is unclear exactly what position Fares actually holds as he is not listed as either the President nor the Executive Director of the club, positions clearly identified with other individuals.[1] [2]

In 2003, he was appointed Minister of State for the Affairs of Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission.[3]

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  1. News: PA official: Abbas won't condemn terror because Israel will say it's not enough. 18 June 2024. The Times of Israel. 6 October 2015. Marissa. Newman.
  2. Web site: The current situation and conditions of imprisonment of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention facilities. United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine. 6 October 2015. http://web.archive.org/web/20151025231229/https://www.un.org/depts/dpa/qpal/docs/2011%20Vienna/p1%20qadura%20fares%20E.pdf . 25 October 2015 . March 2011.
  3. Web site: https://info.wafa.ps/userfiles/server/pdf/covernment_8.pdf. Wafa . ar: تشكيلة الحكومة الفلسطينية الثامنية . Composition of the Eight Palestinian Government . ar . 18 June 2024.