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Hakam Umar As‘ad Balawi (; 1938 – 28 November 2020) was a
Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...
politician and a member of the
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cabinet and the
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.


Early life and education

Balawi was born in the town of
Bal'a Bal'a () is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate, located approximately nine kilometers northeast of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank and three kilometers away from the highway connecting Tulkarm with Nablus. According to the Palestinia ...
, near
Tulkarm Tulkarm or Tulkarem (, ''Ṭūlkarm'') is a Palestinians, Palestinian city in the West Bank, the capital of the Tulkarm Governorate of the State of Palestine. The Israeli city of Netanya is to the west, and the Palestinian territories, Palestinia ...
in British Mandate Palestine in 1938. He had diplomas in administration, journalism and education.


Career

Balawi was the deputy head of the central information committee of Fatah from 1968 to 1978. His political career began when he was assigned as the
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's ambassador to
Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
from 1973 to 1975, after which he became a staunch
Fatah Fatah ( ; ), formally the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (), is a Palestinian nationalist and Arab socialist political party. It is the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and ...
activist and then was the PLO's ambassador to
Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
from 1983 to 1994.
Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his Kunya (Arabic), kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, Presid ...
assigned Balawi the cabinet post of
Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority The Ministry of Interior and National Security is the branch of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) cabinet in charge of the security and the statistics of the population of the State of Palestine. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statisti ...
in November 2003. His tenure lasted until 24 February 2005 when a new cabinet formed. Balawi was also a member of executive committee of Fatah, a member of the
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and the Secretary of the Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists. During Arafat's presidency of the PNA and his chairmanship of the PLO, Balawi was said to be a "loyalist".


Personal life

Balawi wrote several plays and novels. He was married and had four children. Balawi died on 28 November 2020, at the age of 82.


See also

* Salah Zawawi


References

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External links

* 1938 births 2020 deaths Ambassadors of Palestine to Tunisia Interior ministers of the Palestinian National Authority Members of the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council Members of the 1996 Palestinian Legislative Council Palestinian expatriates in Saudi Arabia Central Committee of Fatah members 20th-century Palestinian diplomats {{Palestine-politician-stub