Qadri Abu Bakr (Arabic: قدري أبو بكر; 10 January 1953 – 1 July 2023) was a Palestinian politician and member of the Fatah political party who served as minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs for the Palestinian Authority from 2018 until his death in 2023.
[2] Abu Bakr spent 17 years in prisoner after he was arrested by Israeli forces for transferring weapons to the West Bank.
He was then exiled to Iraq, but returned and assumed the role of minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.
[3] Abu Bakr was a member of the Fatah political party and had held various positions throughout his career, including with the Palestinian Preventive Security Force from 1996 to 2008.
In 2018, he became minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, replacing Isa Qaraqi, and also became a member of the Palestine National Council.