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Hanan Ashrawi
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Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar (born 1946)
Key facts
- President
- Yasser Arafat
- Preceded by
- Office established
- Succeeded by
- Munther Salah [ ar ]
- Born
- Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi , ( 1946-10-08 ) 8 October 1946 (age 79) , Nablus , Mandatory Palestine
- Party
- Third Way (2005–present)
- Other political affiliations
- Independent (before 2005)
- Spouse
- Emile Ashrawi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 )
- Parent s
- Daoud Mikhail (father), Wadi'a Ass'ad (mother)
- Relatives
- Hanna Mikhail (cousin)
- Education
- American University of Beirut ( BA , MA ), University of Virginia ( Ph.D. )
- Occupation
- Politician, activist, scholar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Palestine
- Place of birth
- Nablus
- Occupation
- scholar of English
- Position held
- chairman of the executive board
- Educated at
- American University of Beirut
- Employer
- Birzeit University
- Political party
- Third Way
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Image
- Hanan Ashrawi in August 2013.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Ramallah
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- Hanan Ashrawi
- date of birth
- 1946-10-08
- medical condition
- COVID-19
- social media followers
- 107503
- P10632
- Hanan Ashrawi
- ancestral home
- Ramallah
- described at URL
- www.birzeit.edu/en/biography/dr-hanan-ashrawi
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Encyclopedic overview
Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi (Arabic: حنان داوود مخايل عشراوي; born 8 October 1946) is a Palestinian politician, activist, and scholar.
Ashrawi began her career at Birzeit University. Beginning in the 1990s, Ashrawi was a member of the PLO's Leadership Committee, serving as the official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation during the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991. In 1996, Ashrawi was appointed as the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Palestinian Authority in the second Arafat cabinet. Ashrawi was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council representing Jerusalem in 1996 and was re-elected in 2006. She was elected as member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 2009 and 2018, becoming the body's first female member. She resigned in 2020.
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