Ziad Abu Amr

On 6 June 2013, Ziad Abu-Amr was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority by President Mahmoud Abbas.

[1] Born in Gaza City on 22 June 1950, Abu Amr attended Damascus University in Syria, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English literature and language in 1973.

[3][4] After working as a teacher in Bahrain, Oman, and Syria in the 1970s, he taught political science at Birzeit University in Ramallah from 1985 to 1993.

On 6 June 2013, Ziad Abu-Amr was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority by President Mahmoud Abbas.

[2][9] A proponent of democracy and democratic elections, he has been a supporter of representation for opposition groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, claiming that they would be held more accountable for their actions.

Ziad Abu Amr (first on the left of President Mahmoud Abbas) with President Donald J. Trump and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority at the United Nations General Assembly, 20 September 2017. [ 7 ]