Baker Abdel Munem

Male, Person

1942 –

20

Who is Baker Abdel Munem?

Baker Abdel Munem was the Palestinian National Authority's official ambassador to Canada. He was born in Ramla during the British Mandate era of Palestine, but fled with his family to Jordan during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Abdel Munem attended Cairo University in 1966, graduating with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and served as head of the main electric power station in Jordan for seven years. He returned to Cairo University to continue his studies and obtained his MSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1975. Abdel Munem served as the vice-president of the International Union of Students from 1978 to 1983 when he obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Czechoslovakia. In 1979, he became a member of the Palestine National Council, and an elected member the Fatah-Revolutionary Council in 1989. In 1985, he earned a PhD in Economics from Germany in and a PhD in Political Science from the United States in 1988.

Abdel Munem's first diplomatic post was the Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to Japan in 1983. On July 23, 1995 he was assigned by the PLO to head the newly established Palestine General Delegation to Canada.

Abdel Munem is married to Ghada Abu Laban, has two daughters, Madiha and Kenana and one son, Abdel Munem.

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Born
1942
Ramla
Education
  • Cairo University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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