Husni Abdel Wahed

Abdel Wahed worked as a journalist for Balsam magazine. He also worked as a coordinator of Arab culture for a few years in Santiago, and then as an advisor to the Education Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization.^{[citation needed]}

His political career began in the Europe Department of the General Administration for Diaspora Palestinians within the Palestinian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, then he assumed the presidency of the Latin America Department. Later he was Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, then Director General for the Arab World at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Counselor at the embassies of the State of Palestine in Venezuela and Mexico, and Director General for Administrative and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2015, he was appointed Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Buenos Aires to Argentina and served until 2021.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2022, he was appointed as head of the Diplomatic Mission of Palestine in Madrid and, after Spain's recognition of Palestine in May 2024, he was granted the status of ambassador. He presented his credentials to King Felipe VI on 16 September 2024.^[2]

Abdel Wahed is married to Amneh Abdel Wahed and has four children, two boys and two girls.