Rafiq Al-Natsheh

Rafiq Al-Natsheh
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
In office November 2003 – 10 March 2004
Preceded by	Ahmed Qurei
Succeeded by	Rawhi Fattouh
Personal details
Born	1934 Hebron, West Bank, Mandatory Palestine
Political party	Fatah
Alma mater	Cairo University

Rafiq Al-Natsheh (born in 1934[1][2]) is a Palestinian politician who was elected the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from November 2003 to March 2004.

He has a political science degree from Cairo University.[3] He is a member of Fatah, and was in its central committee. He became a member of the Palestinian National Council in 1964.[2] He was the PLO representative in Saudi Arabia[1] from 1979 to 1990.[2] He was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in the 1996 elections.[1][3] He was appointed as minister of labor of Palestinian Authority from 1998[1] to 2002. He was appointed as minister of agriculture from 2002[3][1] until his election as speaker.[3] He was elected Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council from November 2003 to 10 March 2004.[4][3] Later he was appointed as the head of Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission.[5][6]

References

1. "Rafiq Al-Natsheh". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
2. "Rafeeq Natsheh". Success stories of Palestinian achievers from all over the world.
3. "Rafiq Natsheh - Who is Rafiq Natsheh?". www.webgaza.net.
4. The Europa World Year Book 2007. Routledge. February 8, 2007. ISBN 9781857434149 – via Google Books.
5. ""Palestinian National Anti-Corruption Strategy in the light of comparative experiences from the Arab region and the world"" (PDF). UNDP.
6. "Israel 'threatens arrest' of PA anti-corruption head". Coalition for Accountability and Integrity - AMAN (in Arabic). 20 January 2014.