Salah Abdel-Shafi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:H.E.
Salah Abdel-Shafi
Office:Permanent Observer to the United Nations Office at Vienna
Palestinian Ambassador to Austria
Term Start:September 2013
President:Mahmoud Abbas
Birth Date:1962
Birth Place:Gaza City, Palestine
Nationality:Palestinian
Office2:Palestinian Ambassador to Sweden
Predecessor2:Hael Al-Fahoum
President2:Mahmoud Abbas
Office1:Palestinian ambassador to Germany
President1:Mahmoud Abbas
Termend1:2013
Termstart1:2010
Termend2:2010
Termstart2:2006
Successor2:Khouloud Daibes

Salah Abdel-Shafi (Arabic: صلاح عبد الشافي born 1962 in Gaza City) is a Palestinian economist, and the Palestinian ambassador to Austria and permanent observer to the United Nations in Vienna, holding the position since September 2013. From 2010 to 2013 he served as the Palestinian ambassador to Germany, he was the first Palestinian representative to Germany to officially hold ambassadorial status.[1] From 2006 to 2010 he was the Palestinian ambassador to Sweden.[2] Formerly General Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, a consultant, and adviser to the World Bank. His father was the Palestinian political and community leader Haidar Abdel-Shafi.

Notes and References

  1. News: Ein Botschafter, der keiner sein darf . German . subscription . 2023-06-07 . Jörg . Lau . 23 August 2012 . www.zeit.de.
  2. News: What Happens to Gaza When the Fighting Stops?. Jeffay. Nathan. 8 January 2009. Forward.com. 2 January 2012.