Salah Abdel-Shafi
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Salah Abdel-Shafi is a Palestinian economist, and the Palestinian
ambassador (head of the Palestinian General Delegation) to Germany, holding the position since August 2010. From 2006 to 2010 he was the Palestinian envoy to Sweden. Formerly General Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, a consultant, and advisor to the World Bank
. His father was the Palestinian political and community leader Haidar Abdel-Shafi
.
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
ambassador (head of the Palestinian General Delegation) to Germany, holding the position since August 2010. From 2006 to 2010 he was the Palestinian envoy to Sweden. Formerly General Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, a consultant, and advisor to the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
. His father was the Palestinian political and community leader Haidar Abdel-Shafi
Haidar Abdel-Shafi
Haidar Abdel-Shafi was a Palestinian physician, community leader and political leader who was the head of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Conference of 1991.- Background :...
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