Salim Zanoun

Salim Al-Zanoun (Arabic: سليم الزعنون, Salim al-Za'nun; 28 December 1933 – 14 December 2022), also known as Abu al-Adib, was a Palestinian politician.[1] He served as the chairman of the Palestinian National Council from 1993.[2] Al-Zanoun was one of the founders of the Fatah party, and remained a member of its central committee.[1]

Salim Al-Zanoun
Opening the course for preparing the organizational staff of the Fatah movement in Tunis (1978) in the presence of Yasser Arafat (center), Salim Al-Zanoun (two from right), and Abu Maher Ghneim (far right)
Chairman of the Palestinian National Council
In office
1993–2022
Preceded byYasser Arafat
Succeeded byTBA
President of the Palestinian National Council
In office
1996–2022
Preceded byYasser Arafat
Succeeded byTBA
Member of the Central Committee of Fatah
Chairman of the Arab Parliament
Assumed office
March 2010
Personal details
Born28 December 1933
Gaza
Died14 December 2022
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyFatah
Alma materCairo University
OccupationPolitician

Al-Zanoun was born in Gaza on 28 December 1933. He began studying law at Cairo University in 1955. He obtained a diploma in law in 1957, and a diploma in politics and economy in 1958. He was elected by general assent to the presidency of the PNC in 1996, at its 21st Session held in Gaza.[3] He assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Arab Parliament at its 16th Congress in March 2010.[4]

On February 8, 2020, Al-Zanoun called on Arab countries during an extraordinary meeting of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union in Amman, to throw more weight behind the Palestinian people, including material, political and parliamentary backing, and to oppose the recently unveiled US move.[5]

Death

Al-Zanoun died on 14 December 2022, at the age of 89 in Amman, Jordan.[6] He is buried at Sahab Cemetery located in Amman.

References
  1. Rachelle Kliger and Helda Eriqat (13 August 2009). "Will Fatah's New Faces Bring New Policies?". The Media Line. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  2. UCC Palestine Solidarity Campaign. "Salim Zanoun (al-Za'nun)". Palestine: Information with Provenance. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  3. "Palestine National Council's Presidents". Palestine National Council. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  4. "سليم الزعنون يتسلم رئاسة الاتحاد البرلماني العربي" (in Arabic). Palestine National Council. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  5. kuwaittimes (8 February 2020). "Ghanem rejects Trump Mideast peace plan, dumps it in dustbin". Kuwait Times. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  6. "وفاة رئيس المجلس الوطني الفلسطيني السابق سليم الزعنون". Arab 48. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.


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