Zakaria al-Agha (born 1942) (Arabic:زكريا الاغا) also known as ''Abu Ammar'' is a former member of
Fatah's central committee and
Palestine Liberation Organization-Executive Committee and the leader of Fatah in
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
.
Biography
Al-Agha was born in
Khan Yunis
Khan Yunis ( ar, خان يونس, also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus; translation: ''Caravansary fJonah'') is a city in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Khan Yunis had a population of 142,6 ...
in 1942. He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, from
Cairo University
Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
, in 1965. In 1971 he received a specialization in internal medicine. From 1974 to 1987 he was Chief of Internal Diseases Section at
Nasser Hospital
This is a list of hospitals in the State of Palestine.
Hospitals in Palestine Hospitals in East Jerusalem
* Augusta Victoria Hospital, Jerusalem: 164 beds; Al-Quds University teaching hospital
* Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem, 250 beds (Al-Q ...
in Khan Yunis. From 1989 to 1994 he was Chief of Internal Diseases Section at
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital.
Union work
*Founding member of the Arab Medical Society of the Gaza Strip 1977.
*Treasurer of the Medical Association of Arab 1978-1984.
*Chairman of the General Medical Arabia 1985-1992.
*Secretary General of the Council for Higher Education in Jerusalem 1985-1992.
*Association member Blood Bank, Gaza since its inception until now.
*Member of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
*Chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Al-Azhar University 2002-2005.
Public work
*A member of the Palestinian national liberation movement(Fatah) since 1967.
*A member of the Fatah Central Committee since in 1992 until 2017.
*Accredited of Fateh movement in the Gaza Strip since 1993-2005.
*Member of the Executive Committee of the PLO 1996-until April 2018.
*Take a head of the national and international relations of the PLO.
*UNHCR Chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Political action
*A member of the Palestinian delegation tripartite axis of the former American Secretary of State
James Baker
James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff and 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President ...
's side of the late
Faisal Husseini
Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini ( ar, فيصل عبدالقادر الحسيني) (July 17, 1940 – May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician.
Al-Husseini was born in Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq, son of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, commander of local ...
,
Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi ( ar, حنان داوود مخايل عشراوي ; born 8 October 1946) is a Palestinian politician, legislator, activist, and scholar who served as a member of the Leadership Committee and as an official spokesperson ...
1991 (before negotiations in Madrid).
*Negotiator member of the Palestinian delegation at the Madrid and Washington, 1991-1993.
*First Minister of Housing in the first government formed by
PNA 1994- 1995.
References
External links
elagha.net
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1942 births
Living people
People from Khan Yunis Governorate
Fatah members
Cairo University alumni
Members of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Central Committee of Fatah members