Meet the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Austria: H.E. Mr. Salah Abdel-Shafi

Salah Abdel-Shafi (صلاح عبد الشافي‎) is the current Palestinian ambassador to Austria and permanent observer to the United Nations in Vienna / Picture: © Vertretung des Staates Palästina in Österreich

Salah Abdel Shafi was born in 1962 in Gaza.

He studied economics at the Hochschule für Ökonomie in Berlin.

Until 2006 he worked for various civil society and international organizations in Palestine (in particular in Gaza). Formerly also General Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, a consultant, and adviser to the World Bank.

From 2006…