Hind Khoury | |
|---|---|
| Delegate General of thePalestine Liberation Organization in France | |
| In office March 2006 – June 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | هند خوري (1953-06-12)12 June 1953 (age 72) Bethlehem, West Bank, Jordanian rule (now Palestine) |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Alma mater | Birzeit University,American University of Beirut,Boston University |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Known for | Minister of State for Jerusalem Affairs, General Secretary ofKairos Palestine |
Hind Khoury (Arabic:هند خوري, born 12 June 1953) is aPalestinianeconomist. She was the delegate general of thePalestine Liberation Organization in France from March 2006 until June 2010.[1]
Born inBethlehem,West Bank, then underJordanian rule, to aChristian family, Khoury was educated in a school run bynuns. She studied economics atBirzeit University nearRamallah, then at theAmerican University of Beirut before the start of theLebanese Civil War. She then returned to Bethlehem.[citation needed]
After theFirst Intifada, she studied management atBoston University in itsBeersheba campus, while working with theUnited Nations Development Programme.[citation needed]
In March 2005, she becameMinister of State for Jerusalem Affairs in thePalestinian National Authority, in the government formed shortly after the election ofMahmoud Abbas to thepresidency. Little known, she did not succeed in thelegislative elections of January 2006. She was later sent to France as a representative of Palestine.[2]
She is General Secretary ofKairos Palestine.[3]
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