Nasser Al Qudwa ناصر القدوة | |
|---|---|
 Al Qudwa in 2005 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 24 February 2005 – 29 March 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Nabil Shaath |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud al-Zahar |
| 2ndPalestinian Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| In office 1991–2005[1] | |
| President | Yasser Arafat Rawhi Fattouh (acting) Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Zuhdi Labib Terzi |
| Succeeded by | Riyad Mansour |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1953-04-16)16 April 1953 (age 72) Gaza City, Palestine |
| Political party | Fatah |
| Relatives | Yasser Arafat (uncle) |
| Alma mater | Cairo University Doctor of Dental Medicine and Surgery[2] |
Nasser Al Qudwa, also spelledNasser Al-Kidwa,[1] (Arabic:ناصر القدوة; born 16 April 1953) is a Palestinian politician. A long-time activist inFatah, he represented thePalestine Liberation Organization at theUnited Nations from 1991 to 2005, when he became theMinister of Foreign Affairs of thePalestinian Authority. Al Qudwa served in that role until 2006.
Al Qudwa was born in 1953. He attendedCairo University, graduating with a degree in dentistry in 1979.[2] Then became an executive member of thePalestinian Red Crescent shortly after.
Al Qudwa joinedFatah in 1969. He became president of theGeneral Union of Palestinian Students in 1974. He is also a central-committee member of Fatah.[3]
Qudwa represented his uncleYasser Arafat and thePalestine Liberation Organization as an unofficial observer in theUnited Nations in 1987, then as a permanent observer in 1991.[2] In 2005, he was succeeded byRiyad H. Mansour, when he becameForeign Affairs Minister in thePalestinian Authority Government of February 2005. Nasser served as United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan in theUnited Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).[4] Al Qudwa was appointed deputy toKofi Annan, then special envoy to Syria for theUnited Nations andArab League in March 2012.[5] He was responsible for the contacts with Syrian opposition groups.[6] In 2014, Al Qudwa resigned from his position as UN Deputy Mediator on Syria.[7]
On 21 March 2021, theFatah Central Committee dismissed Al Qudwa from the party after he announced plans to run a separate list of candidates under the National Democratic Forum bloc in the2021–22 Palestinian local elections. He also announced plans to backMarwan Barghouthi, serving life sentences in Israeli prison for murder, in the planned2021 Palestinian presidential election, which was delayed indefinitely. Al Qudwa's announcement and subsequent dismissal represented fissures in Fatah, as Al Qudwa called for Fatah leaders to stand against Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas.[8]
Al Qudwa is the nephew ofYasser Arafat.[9] He is the head of the Yasser Arafat Foundation.[10]
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations 1991–2005 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 2005–2006 | Succeeded by |
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