Riyad al-Maliki ( ar, رياض المالكي; born 31 May 1955) is former

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, government spokesperson, and

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of the

Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,

in its 12th government, and resumed office as Foreign Affairs Minister in the current 13th government.

Biography

He was born on 31 May 1955 in Tulkarm, and earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from

Pontifical Xavierian University The Pontifical Xavierian University (in Spanish Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) is a private higher education institution founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest, most traditional, and prestigious Colombian universities, directed by the Soc ...

in Colombia in 1978 and a PhD in civil engineering at the

American University The American University (AU or American) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, mostly in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. AU was cha ...

.Biography
provided by Britain Israel Research and Communications Centre He was formally a lecturer in

Birzeit University Birzeit University (BZU; ar, جامعة بيرزيت) is a public university in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as charitable organization. It is accredited by the Ministry of ...

and was a leading member of the

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين, translit=al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn, PFLP) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary so ...

. He was head and founder of Panorama, the Palestinian Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community Development, an active non-governmental organization in the Palestinian civil society. He worked at the engineering department at

in 1978 and he became Head of the Civil Engineering Department in the university. He got awarded the European Peace Prize in 2000 in Copenhagen and the Italian Peace Prize (Lombardi) in 2005. He is the coordinator of the Arab Program to Support and Develop Democracy, which is an alliance of more than 12 civil society institutions. Visiting professor in several European universities. In 2007, al-Maliki was one of three government ministers who investigated the circumstances of Palestinians who were stranded on the Egyptian side of the border along the

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, because the only border crossing available to them was Israeli-controlled and they feared interrogation or arrest.Frisch, Hillel, ''The Palestinian military: between militias and armies'', p. 176, Routledge 2008

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1955 births Living people People from Tulkarm Pontifical Xavierian University alumni American University alumni Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members Birzeit University faculty Foreign ministers of the Palestinian National Authority Government ministers of the Palestinian National Authority Government ministers of the State of Palestine Palestinian civil engineers 20th-century engineers {{Palestine-bio-stub

Biography

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