Salah Abdel-Shafi
Salah Abdel-Shafi | |
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| Permanent Observer to the United Nations Office at Vienna Palestinian ambassador to Austria | |
| Assumed office September 2013 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Palestinian ambassador to Germany | |
| In office 2010–2013 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Palestinian ambassador to Sweden | |
| In office 2006–2010 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Hael Al-Fahoum |
| Succeeded by | Khouloud Daibes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1962 Gaza City, Palestine |
| Education | Berlin School of Economics |
Salah Abdel-Shafi (Arabic: صلاح عبد الشافي; born 29 August 1962) is a Palestinian economist, and the current Palestinian ambassador to Austria and permanent observer to the United Nations in Vienna, holding the position since September 2013. From 2010 to 2013, he served as the Palestinian ambassador to Germany, he was the first Palestinian representative to Germany to officially hold ambassadorial status.[1] From 2006 to 2010, he was the Palestinian ambassador to Sweden.[2] Abdel Shafi formerly served as General Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, a consultant, and adviser to the World Bank.[3]
Education & career
He studied economics at Berlin School of Economics.[4] His father was the Palestinian political and community leader Haidar Abdel-Shafi.[5][6]
On October 1, 2013, he was appointed ambassador of the State of Palestine to Austria,[7] and on October 24, 2013, he presented his credentials to the President of Austria.[8]
On October 17, 2014, Abdel Shafi presented his credentials as non-resident ambassador to the President of Slovenia. He is the first Palestinian ambassador since Slovenia established a Palestinian diplomatic representation within the country.[9]
On October 15, 2021, he presented his credentials to Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs Gordan Grlić-Radman as non-resident ambassador of the State of Palestine to Croatia.[10]
References
- ↑ Lau, Jörg (23 August 2012). "Ein Botschafter, der keiner sein darf". www.zeit.de (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ Jeffay, Nathan (8 January 2009). "What Happens to Gaza When the Fighting Stops?". Forward.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ↑ "Lifting the shackles". The Economist.
- ↑ "Vertretung des Staates Palästina in Österreich | Botschafter". palestinemission.at (in German).
- ↑ "Meet the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Austria: H.E. Mr. Salah Abdel-Shafi". Vienna International News.
- ↑ "The Yasser Arafat Foundation commemorated Dr. Haider Abd al-Shafi's birth anniversary". yaf.ps.
- ↑ "قرار رقم (75) لسنة 2013م بشأن تعيين السفير/ صالح عبد الشافي". library.lab.pna.ps. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ↑ "عبد الشافي يقدم أوراق اعتماده للرئيس النمساوي سفيرا لدولة فلسطين". WAFA Agency.
- ↑ "صلاح عبد الشافي يقدم أوراق اعتماده كسفير غير مقيم لدلى جمهورية سلوفينيا". وكالة قدس نت للأنباء (in Arabic). 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "السفير الفلسطيني لدى النمسا يقدم أوارق اعتماده كسفير غير مقيم لدى جمهورية كرواتيا ويزور سلوفينيا". وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين.