What is Hakam Balawi?
[[File:Hakam Balawi.jpg|right|200px]] '''Hakam Umar As‘ad Balawi''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: '''حكم بلعاوي'''; 1938 – November 2020) was a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] politician and writer. He was an Ambassador to [[Libya]] and [[Tunisia]] from 1973 to 1975 and from 1983 to 1984. He also was the [[Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Interior Minister]] from 2003 to 2005 during the [[Yasser Arafat]] cabinet.<ref name=haaretz>{{cite news|title=U.S. will judge new PA gov't by how it deals with terror|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/u-s-will-judge-new-pa-gov-t-by-how-it-deals-with-terror-1.105252|access-date=16 January 2013|newspaper=Haaretz|date=11 November 2003|agency=AP}}</ref> Balawi was born in [[Bal'a]], [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]]. He died on 28 November 2020 at the age of 82.<ref>[https://royanews.tv/news/230864 وفاة المناضل الفلسطيني حكم بلعاوي] {{in lang|ar}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Balawi, Hakam}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Palestinian politicians]] [[Category:Asian novelists]] [[Category:Playwrights]] [[Category:Ambassadors]] [[Category:Asian diplomats]] {{bio-stub}}