Baker Abdel Munem

Baker Abdel Munem (Arabic: بكر عبد المنعم; 1942 – 9 April 2023) was the Palestinian National Authority's official ambassador to Canada.

Baker Abdel Munem
Palestinian National Authority Ambassador to Canada
In office 23 July 1995 – 9 April 2023
Preceded by	No one (post created)
Palestinian National Authority Ambassador to Japan
In office 1983–1995
Preceded by	Fathi Abdul Hamid
Succeeded by	Waleed Ali Siam
Personal details
Born	1942 Ramla, Palestine
Died	9 April 2023 (aged 80)
Political party	Fatah-Revolutionary Council
Spouse	Ghada Abu Laban
Children	Madiha, Kenana, and Abdel Munem
Alma mater	Cairo University, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and the United States
Occupation	Diplomat, Engineer, Politician, and Academic

Baker Abdel Munem was born in 1942 in Ramla, Palestine. Only six years later, when the 1948 mass deportation of Palestinians occurred simultaneously with the implementation of the Balfour Declaration, he and his family took refuge in Amman, Jordan.[1] He attended Cairo University in 1966, graduating with a BSc in mechanical engineering and served as head of the main electric power station in Jordan for seven years. He returned to Cairo University to continue his studies and obtained his MSc in mechanical engineering in 1975. Abdel Munem served as the vice-president of the International Union of Students from 1978 to 1983 when he obtained his PhD in mechanical engineering from Czechoslovakia. In 1979, he became a member of the Palestine National Council (PNC), and an elected member the Fatah-Revolutionary Council in 1989. In 1985, he earned a PhD in economics from Germany and a PhD in political science from the United States in 1988.[1]

Abdel Munem's first diplomatic post was the Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to Japan from 1983 to 1995. On 23 July 1995, he was assigned by the PLO to head the newly established Palestine General Delegation to Canada.[2]

Abdel Munem was married to Ghada Abu Laban, has two daughters, Madiha and Kenana and one son, Abdel Munem.[1] He died on 9 April 2023, at the age of 80.[3]