Hasan Abu-Libdeh
{{Short description|Palestinian statistician and politician (born 1954)}}
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| name = Hasan Abu-Libdeh
{{small|حسن أبو لبدة}}
| image = File:The Minister of National Economy, Palestinian National Authority, Dr. Hasan Abu-Libdeh meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Anand Sharma, in New Delhi on February 09, 2010.jpg
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| caption = Hasan Abu-Libdeh (R) meets with the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Anand Sharma (L)
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1954}}
| birth_place = Arrabeh, West Bank
| alma_mater = Stanford University
Cornell University
Birzeit University
| party = Fatah
| office1 = Minister of National Economy of the Palestinian National Authority
| term_start1 = 2009
| term_end1 = 2012
| office2 = Minister of Labour of the Palestinian National Authority
| term_start2 = 2005
| term_end2 = 2006
| office3 = Minister of Social Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority
| term_start3 = 2005
| term_end3 = 2006
| office4 = Director of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
| term_start4 = 1993
| term_end4 = 2005
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Hasan Abu-Libdeh ({{Langx|ar|حسن أبو لبدة}}; born 1954) is a Palestinian statistician and politician, who founded the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 1993. He served in the Palestinian National Authority as minister of labour, social affairs, and national economy.{{cite news|url=https://www.portlandtrust.org/sites/default/files/peb/minister_hasan_abu-libdeh_interview_0.pdf|title=Interview with Dr. Hasan Abu-Libdeh, Minister of National Economy|website=The Portland Trust|date=December 2009|access-date=19 February 2019|archive-date=15 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715113517/http://www.portlandtrust.org/sites/default/files/peb/minister_hasan_abu-libdeh_interview_0.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Biography
Hasan Abu-Libdeh was born in Arrabeh, West Bank in 1954. He completed a Bachelor's degree in mathematics at Birzeit University in 1979, and an M.Sc. in mathematical statistics at Stanford University in 1981. Abu-Libdeh later received an M.Sc. in applied statistics in 1986 and a Ph.D. in biostatistics in 1988 from Cornell University.{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-10-24-0510240072-story.html|title=Reform slow in Palestinian Authority|first=John|last=Murphy|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=24 October 2005|access-date=18 February 2019}} He worked as assistant professor at Birzeit University from 1988 to 1991.{{cite web|website=Economic Research Forum|url=https://erf.org.eg/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hassan_Abu_Libdeh_CV14.pdf|title=Hasan Abu-Libdeh, PhD|access-date=18 February 2019|date=March 2005|archive-date=19 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219043419/https://erf.org.eg/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hassan_Abu_Libdeh_CV14.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Abu-Libdeh founded the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 1993, becoming its first director and administering its controversial first census in 1997, which he called "as important as the intifada".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/11/world/palestinian-census-ignites-controversy-over-jerusalem.html|title=Palestinian Census Ignites Controversy Over Jerusalem|first=Joel|last=Greenberg|date=11 December 1997|newspaper=The New York Times}} Alongside his ministerial positions in the Palestinian Authority, Abu-Libdeh served as Deputy Director of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction and twice as Cabinet Secretary.{{r|cv2005}} He also worked as chief executive of the 2008 Palestine Investment Conference.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-conference-idUSL2368180520080423|title=Palestinian conference to raise $600 million for Gaza|first=Mohammed|last=Assadi|location=Ramallah|work=Reuters|date=23 April 2008}}
On 29 November 2011, the Palestinian prosecutor-general charged Abu Libdeh with corruption, with charges including breach of trust, fraud, insider trading, and embezzlement of public funds.{{cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Schanzer|author-link=Jonathan Schanzer|title=The End of Fayyadism|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/12/14/THE-END-OF-FAYYADISM/|date=14 December 2011|newspaper=Foreign Policy|access-date=18 February 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/PA-economy-minister-charged-with-corruption|first=Khaled|last=Abu Toameh|date=29 November 2011|title=PA Economy Minister Charged with Corruption|access-date=18 February 2019}}
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