Amina Abbas
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Amina Abbas | |
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| First Lady of the State of Palestine | |
| In role 8 May 2005 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Suha Arafat |
| First Lady of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In role 15 January 2005 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Suha Arafat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amina Khaled Mustafa Al-Fanous 1942 |
| Political party | Fatah |
| Spouse | Mahmoud Abbas (1958–present) |
| Children | 3 (including Yasser Abbas) |
Amina Abbas (Arabic: أمينة عباس; née Al-Fanous; born 1942) is a Palestinian public figure who, as the wife of President Mahmoud Abbas, is the current First Lady of Palestine.
Public life
[edit]Abbas is the First Lady of Palestine.[1] She has served as Palestine's first lady since her husband was elected president in 2005.
She represented the State of Palestine at the second conference of the Arab Women Organization, a Jordanian women's rights organization, held in the United Arab Emirates in 2008.[citation needed]
On 28 February 2012, Abbas co-sponsored a charitable donation campaign, along with Turkish First Lady Emine Erdoğan, for victims of an earthquake in Van, Turkey.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]She married Mahmoud Abbas in 1958.[citation needed] They have three sons.[2] Her eldest son, Mazen Abbas, who ran a building company in Doha, died in Qatar of a heart attack in 2002.[3] Her second son, Yasser Abbas, is a businessman.[4] Her youngest son, Tareq, is a business executive. She has eight grandchildren, six of whom are part of the Seeds of Peace initiative.[5]
In June 2014, Abbas underwent a surgical procedure at Assuta Medical Center, a private clinic in Ramat HaHayal, near Tel Aviv.[6][7] She was released two days after the operation on her leg was completed.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "First Lady of Palestine | Current Leader". Current Heads of State & Dictators. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ Ben-Menachem, Yoni (September 14, 2016). "The Businesses of Mahmoud Abbas and His Sons". Jerusalem Issue Briefs. 16 (15) – via Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
- ^ "Eldest son of PLO no. 2 dies". Al Bawaba. 16 June 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Abu Toameh, Khaled (16 April 2009). "PA officials scandalised at disclosure by Abbas's son of vast personal fortune". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Kula, Irwin (25 September 2013). "Why Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Grandchildren Give Him Hope". The Wisdom Daily. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Winer, Stuart (June 15, 2014). "Mahmoud Abbas's wife undergoes surgery in Israel". The Times of Israel.
- ^ Press, Viva Sarah (2014-06-15). "Mahmud Abbas's wife hospitalized in Tel Aviv". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ June 2014 (June 15, 2014). "Palestinian President's Wife Treated in Israel Hospital". Naharnet. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Wife of Palestinian Authority President undergoes surgery in Tel Aviv". The Jerusalem Post. 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2024-11-21.