Hakam Balawi

Hakam Balawi

Hakam Umar As‘ad Balawi (1939-) is a Palestinian politician and has been a member of the Palestinian National Authority cabinet and the Palestinian Legislative Council. He was born in the town of Bal'a, near Tulkarm in British Mandate Palestine. [http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/pagovnov03.htm The PA Ministerial Cabinet List November 2003: Biography of PA Cabinet] Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre]

Balawi became the Deputy Head of the Central Information Committee of Fatah from 1968-78. His political career began when he was assigned as the Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to Libya from 1973-75. After, serving as ambassador he became a staunch Fatah activist and then served as an ambassador of the PLO to Tunisia between 1983-94.

Yasser Arafat assigned Balawi the cabinet post of Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority in November 2003. Currently he is a member of the Palestinian National Council and the Secretary of the Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists. During Arafat's presidency of the PNA and his chairmanship of the PLO, Balawi was said to be a "loyalist". [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3262729.stm New Palestinian cabinet approved] "BBC News" 2003-11-12.]

Balawi has also engaged in writing several plays and novels. He is married with four children.

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