ABDEL HAFIZ NOFAL

Residency: Ramallah - West Bank - Palestine 

Country of Citizenship: State of Palestine

Birth date: July 17th, 1951

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Married

EDUCATION

1974-1981 Bachelor & Master Degree in International Economic Relations from Kiev University, USSR

1988-1989 Post Graduate Diploma in Management , from the Higher Institute of Management, Tunisia

LANGUAGES

WORK EXPERIENCE

2015 – Present: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Palestine to the Russian Federation.

AUG. 2013 - AUG. 2015:  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Palestine to the Republic of South Africa.

2008 – AUG. 2013: Deputy Minister of the  Ministry of National Economy.

2000 – 2008: Under Secretary of the Ministry of National Economy - Head of Trade issues.

1987- 1994: Director of International Economic  Relations Department in PLO, and Supervisor of SAMED Economic activities around the world.

1981- 1986: Head of SAMED and PLO Economic activities in Africa.

MEMBERSHIP

Member of the board of directors of the Palestine Investment Promotion Agency (PIPA).

Member of the National Anti-Corruption, Fraud and Money Laundering Committee.

Member of the board of directors of the Palestine Standards Institute (PSI).

Member of the Joint Palestinian–Israeli Economic Committee (JEC).

Integral Part of the National Task Force (NTF) and Head of the Technical Advisory Team (TAT) for the Accession of Palestine to the World Trade Organization.

Represents the Ministry on the Higher Committee for Borders and Crossings.

Deputy Chairman of the Palestine Capital Market Authority.

Headed and integral part of the formal on-going economic negotiations with Israel.

Head of the National Team of Public-Private Partnership (PPP).