Khouloud Daibes

{{Short description|Palestinian architect and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Khuloud Khalil

| image = Besuch der Botschafterin Palästinas im Rathaus Köln-1839.jpg

| alt = Portrait of Khouloud Daibes

| caption = Khouloud Daibes, 2014

| birth_name = Khuloud Khalil Daibes

| birth_date = {{bda|16 April 1965}}

| birth_place = Zababdeh, West Bank

| nationality = Palestinian

| occupation = Architect

| office = Minister of Tourism and Antiquities

| president = Mahmoud Abbas

| term_start = 2007

| term_end = 2012

| successor = Rula Maayah

}}

Khuloud Khalil Daibes ({{langx|ar|خلود دعيبس}}), also transliterated as Khouloud D'eibes, is a Palestinian architect and former politician and diplomat. She was born on 16 April 1965 in Jerusalem.

Career

Khuloud Daibes holds a PhD in Architecture from University of Hannover in Germany. She was the Director of the Center for Preserving Cultural Heritage in Bethlehem. She was also a lecturer in the Tourism Masters Program at Bethlehem University. For 15 years, she was involved with many Palestinian and international organizations dealing with cultural heritage and tourism in the Palestinian Territories.

Positions and rules

She served as the Tourism Minister in the Palestinian National Unity Government of March 2007 and successive Palestinian Authority emergency governments until 2012, and from 2007 to 2009 also as Minister of Women's Affairs.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070818210203/http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/paemergovjun07.htm The PA Ministerial Cabinet List—The Emergency Government June 2007 - July 2007 (12th government)]. JMCC, archived on 18 August 2007{{Cite web |url=http://www.palaestina.org/index.php?id=11 |title=Botschafterin Palestinas / Ambassador Palestine |access-date=2013-12-18 |archive-date=2017-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630115801/http://palaestina.org/index.php?id=11 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news.php?go=show&id=79271 دنيا الوطن - د.خلود دعيبس-ابو دية وامل صيام..وزيرتان تلحميتان في حكومة الوحدة]

In July 2013, Daibes became the representative of the Palestinian mission in Germany.

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