Nabeel Kassis | |
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نبيل قسيس | |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 2012–2013 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
Prime Minister | Salam Fayyad |
Preceded by | Salam Fayyad |
Succeeded by | Shoukry Bishara |
Minister of Planning | |
In office 2003–2005 | |
President | Yasser Arafat |
Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
Succeeded by | Ghassan Khatib |
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities | |
In office 2002–2003 | |
President | Yasser Arafat |
Prime Minister | Mahmoud Abbas |
Preceded by | Abdul Razzak Yehiyeh |
Succeeded by | Mitri Abu Aita |
Minister of State | |
In office 1998–2002 | |
President | Yasser Arafat |
Prime Minister | Various |
Preceded by | Hasan Abu-Libdeh |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 1945 Ramallah, Palestine |
Alma mater | University of Mainz, American University of Beirut |
Occupation | Academic, politician |
Nabeel Kassis ( Arabic: نبيل قسيس), also transliterated as Nabil Kassis, Nabil Qasis, Nabeel Qassis, etc., is a Palestinian academic and politician from Ramallah. He was born 1945.
Kassis studied in Germany and Lebanon, earning a master's degree from the University of Mainz, and a PhD from the American University of Beirut, both in nuclear physics. He taught physics at a number of universities in Germany, Italy, France, England, Lebanon, and Jordan before joining Birzeit University in 1980. [1] He served as President of Birzeit University from 2004 to 2010. [2]
Kassis was a member of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference in 1991, and a deputy head of the negotiation delegation at the Washington talks in 1992 to 1993. He later became the Director-General of the Technical and Advisory Committee to the Palestinian negotiation team, established to do preparatory work for the transition to Palestinian self-government. He was a member of the Palestinian delegation on final status negotiations in 1999. [1]
As a proponent of transparency and reform, Kassis was appointed member of the Special Committee for the Investigation of the Auditor's Report in 1997. He later entered government as a political independent, serving as minister of state in 1998, Tourism Minister in 2002, Planning Minister from 2003 to 2005, [1] and Finance Minister from 2012 to 2013. [3] [4]