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Rafiq Al-Natsheh

Rafiq Al-Natsheh

Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council


Rafiq Al-Natsheh (born in 1934[1][2]) is a Palestinian politician who was elected the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from November 2003 to March 2004.

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He has a political science degree from Cairo University.[3] He is a member of Fatah, and was in its central committee. He became a member of the Palestinian National Council in 1964.[2] He was the PLO representative in Saudi Arabia[1] from 1979 to 1990.[2] He was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in the 1996 elections.[1][3] He was appointed as minister of labor of Palestinian Authority from 1998[1] to 2002. He was appointed as minister of agriculture from 2002[3][1] until his election as speaker.[3] He was elected Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council from November 2003 to 10 March 2004.[4][3] Later he was appointed as the head of Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission.[5][6]


References

  1. "Rafiq Al-Natsheh". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
  2. "Rafeeq Natsheh". Success stories of Palestinian achievers from all over the world.
  3. The Europa World Year Book 2007. Routledge. February 8, 2007. ISBN 9781857434149 via Google Books.
  4. "Israel 'threatens arrest' of PA anti-corruption head". Coalition for Accountability and Integrity - AMAN (in Arabic). 20 January 2014.

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