Hikmat Zaid

Palestinian politician, born 1945 ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Hikmat Hashim Lotfi Zaid Al-Kilani ( Arabic : حكمت هاشم لطفي زيد الكيلاني , romanized : Ḥikmat Hāshim Luṭfī Zayd al-Kīlānī , born 9 August 1945), also known by his kunya Abu Zaid (Arabic: ابو زيد , romanized: Abū Zayd ), is a Palestinian politician who served as the 2nd Minister of Agriculture from 1996 to 2002 in Yasser Arafat's third government and later as the 5th Minister of Transportation and Communications from 2003 to 2005 in Ahmed Qurei's second government within the Palestinian National Authority . From 1988 up until 2008, he was a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council , where he previously served as the 1st Governor of Jenin from 1994 to 1996 and represented it as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from 1996 to 2006. Zaid represented the Palestinian Liberation Organization on an international level, serving as the Ambassador to Hungary from 1985 to 1994 . Zaid is currently a member of the Fatah Advisory Council and also served from 2006 to 2013 as a senior advisor to Mahmoud Abbas for Governorates affairs . "الوزير حكمت زيد يقوم بجولة تفقدية لمحافظة جنين وحركة فتح تثمن موقفه" [Minister Hekmat Zaid conducts an inspection tour of Jenin Governorate and Fatah Movement appreciates his position]. Maan News Agency . 12 June 2008 . Palestinian News & Information Agency (in Arabic) . Electronic reference for the official gazette. 27 December 1994. "مستشار الرئيس لشؤون المحافظات الوزير حكمت زيد يعقد سلسلة اجتماعات في محافظة جنين" [Presidential Advisor for Governorate Affairs, Minister Hekmat Zaid, holds a series of meetings in Jenin Governorate].