Salah Abdel Shafi

Salah Abdel-Shafi is a Palestinian economist, and the current Palestinian ambassador to Austria and permanent observer to the United Nations in Vienna, holding the position since September 2013. From 2010 to 2013, he served as the Palestinian ambassador to Germany, he was the first Palestinian representative to Germany to officially hold ambassadorial status. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Palestinian ambassador to Sweden. Abdel Shafi formerly served as General Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, a consultant, and adviser to the World Bank.