with Faisal Husseini on May 2, 2001
with Faisal Husseini on Apr 3, 2000
Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (July 17, 1940 - May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the Palestinian people. Husseini went to work for the PLO upon its establishment in Jerusalem as deputy manager of the Public Organisation Dept 1964 to 1965. In 1979, Husseini founded and became chairman of the Arab Studies Society, In 1982, he became a member of the Supreme Muslim Council in Jerusalem. Subsequently he served as a Palestinian spokesperson, head of the Jerusalem National Council/Palestine, head of Palestinian delegation to the Middle East Peace Conference, head of the Fatah faction in the West Bank, and Palestinian Authority Minister without Portfolio.
His last post was Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem Affairs for which he was based in East Jerusalem. He died while trying to mend relations between the Kuwaiti government and PLO which were broken at the time of the 1991 Gulf War.
Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_Husseini
