Anis al-Qaq
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PresidentYasser Arafat
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byIbrahim Mohammad Khraishi
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Anis al-Qaq | |
|---|---|
| القاق، أنيس | |
| Deputy minister of Planning Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In office 1994–2003 | |
| President | Yasser Arafat |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Ambassador of the Palestinian National Authority to Switzerland | |
| In office 2003–2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Mohammad Khraishi |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 June 1947 Silwan, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Political party | Fatah |
Anis al-Qaq (Arabic: القاق، أنيس) (born June 1, 1947) is a former dentist, Palestinian Authority Deputy minister and ambassador.
Anis al-Qaq received a BSc in Dentistry from the University of Baghdad in 1971. After his graduation he opened a private clinic in Jerusalem. From 1982 to 1984 he continued his education in Buckinghamshire, UK, specializing in oral surgery.
Other activities:
- 1985–90 Chairman of the Dental Association in the West Bank.
- 1986–90 Head of the Professionals’ Union
- 1989– chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem
- 1989– Executive Member, Council for Higher Education
- 1989– President of the Palestinian-Swedish Friendship Society
- 1989– Secretary General of the Health Services Council
- 1989– Board Member of the International Coordinating Committee on the Question of Palestine (ICCP)
- 1989– Member of the Coordinating Committee for NGOs on the Question of Palestine in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
- 1989– Member of the Palestinian Medical School Committee
- 2002– Co-chairperson International Forum for Peace
- 2004– Member of the editorial board of the Palestine–Israel Journal
- 2004– President of the Center for Health Services in Jerusalem