• 2018 Deputy Prime Minister.

• 2018 Minister of Information.

• 2005 - Present: Spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas

• 1994 - 2004 Advisor to President Yasser Arafat.

• 1994 -2004 - Spokesman to President Yasser Arafat.

• 2012 - Present: Member of Fateh Central Committee.

• Member of the Palestinian National Council.

• Member of The Palestinian Liberation Organization - PLO.

• Loyalist with Deputy Commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Forces - Khalil Wazzir “Abu Jihad” between 1968-1988.

• 1968 Bachelor's of Law degree from Cairo University

• 1963 Finished high school from Evangelical Lutheran School -

Bethlehem.

Christian - Orthodox.

Birthday: 3/5/1946

Status: Married, 2 children