Saeed Abu Ali

Saeed Abu Ali was born in 1955 in the Jenin Governorate, northern part of West Bank, State of Palestine. He studied bachelor's degree in Law from Al-Quds University. Then he moved to Tunisia and joined the Palestine Liberation Organization. He obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism and information, a master's degree in 1989 in political science and a doctorate in law in 1995. In 1992 he got doctorate in international organizations from University of Toulouse, France. In 2015 he received a degree Professor from Al-Quds University.

The positions held by Abu Ali are:

• 1980–1984 : Member of the Permanent Delegate of Palestine to the Arab League of Nations.
• 1984–1989 : Director of Arab Affairs at the Palestinian Planning Center in Tunis.
• 1989–1995 : Adviser to the Embassy of the Palestine Liberation Organization
• 1995–2002 : Director General of the Presidential Secretariat.
• 2002–2005 : Assistant Secretary of the Presidential Secretariat.
• 2005 : Governor of the Ministry of the Interior and National Security and Coordinator for Governor's Affairs.
• 2005 : Assistant to the Secretary General of the Presidency in the Ministry of the Interior and National Security to the Palestinian Presidency & coordinator for governorate affairs.
• 2005–2006 : Governor of Nablus Governorate.
• 2006–2009 : Governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate.
• 2009–2014 : Minister of Interior.
• 2016–present : Assistant Secretary-General and President of the Palestine Sector and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Abu Ali also worked since 1995 and at various times as a lecturer at the rank of associate professor in several Palestinian universities like Al-Azhar University, Birzeit University and Al-Quds University.

• On 25 August 2013, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saeed Abu Ali awarded the Jerusalem Military Star Order.