Husni Abdel Wahed

Palestinian journalist, politician and diplomat

Husni Abdel Wahed

حسني عبد الواحد

Ambassador of Palestine to Spain

Incumbent

Assumed office
19 May 2022
President| Mahmoud Abbas
Preceded by| Musa Odeh
Ambassador of Palestine to Argentina
In office
5 March 2015 – 30 December 2021
Preceded by| Walid Muaqqat
Succeeded by| Riyad Alhalabi
Personal details
Born|  (1960-01-01) January 1, 1960 (age 64)
Aqabat Jaber, Jericho Governorate, Jordanian West Bank
Education| University of Havana

Husni Muhammad Ahmed Abdel Wahed (Arabic: حسني محمد أحمد عبد الواحد; born January 1, 1960) is a Palestinian journalist, politician and diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Argentina from 5 March 2015 until December 2021. He currently holds the position of Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the Kingdom of Spain.[1]

## Early life and education[edit]

Hosni Abdel Wahed was born on 1st January 1960, in Aqabat Jaber camp in Jericho Governorate, east of the West Bank, to a Palestinian family displaced by the Nakba from the village of Al-Tira, near the city of Lod. After the events of the Six Day War in 1967, his family immigrated to another camp in Jordan, where he finished his school education. He left for Bulgaria where he obtained a diploma in social sciences, then to Cuba where he obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from the University of Havana.[2]

## Career[edit]

Abdel Wahed worked as a journalist for Balsam magazine. He also worked as a coordinator of Arab culture for a few years in Santiago, and then as an advisor to the Education Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

His political career began in the Europe Department of the General Administration for Diaspora Palestinians within the Palestinian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, then he assumed the presidency of the Latin America Department. Later he was Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, then Director General for the Arab World at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Counselor at the embassies of the State of Palestine in Venezuela and Mexico, and Director General for Administrative and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In February 2015, he was appointed Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Buenos Aires to Argentina and served until 2021.

On 19 May 2022, he presented his credentials as Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Spain to King Felipe VI.[3]

## Personal life[edit]

Abdel Wahed is married to Amneh Abdel Wahed and has four children, two boys and two girls.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Embajador de Palestina en España y cuerpo diplomático". Embajada de Palestina en Madrid (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-31.
2. ^ "Embajador de Palestina en España y cuerpo diplomático". Embajada de Palestina en Madrid (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-31.
3. ^ "HomeActividades y Agenda - Presentación de Cartas Credenciales". casareal.es. Retrieved 2024-03-31.