Ibrahim Mohammad Khraishi إبراهيم محمد خريشة | |
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the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations at Geneva | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the international organizations in Geneva | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
Palestinian Ambassador to Switzerland | |
Assumed office 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 March 1956 Tulkarm, Palestine |
Occupation | Diplomat • Politician |
Ibrahim Mohammad Khraishi (born 1956) is a Palestinian politician and diplomat. He is Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Palestine's ambassador to Switzerland, and Permanent Observer representing Palestine for the United Nations at Geneva.
Khraishi was born in Tulkarm, Palestine on 26 March 1956.[1] He has a degree in medicine from Belgrade University and in international law from the International Center for Human Rights in Strasbourg.[2]
In 1990 he became chairman of the General Union of Palestinian Students. Five years later he was appointed head of the Final Status Negotiations Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He was elected to the Palestinian Central Council in 1997 and to the Fatah Revolutionary Council in 2004. He has served as Director of International Affairs in the Palestinian Foreign Ministry.[3]
Khraishi is a member of the Palestinian Coalition for Peace and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. In 2008 he became a Permanent Observer representing Palestine for the United Nations[4] and, in 2010, Palestine's ambassador to Switzerland.[5]