Riyad Mansour

Palestinian diplomat

Riyad Mansour


3rd Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 September 2005
President	Mahmoud Abbas
Preceded by	Nasser al-Qudwa

Personal details
Born	(1947-05-21) 21 May 1947 (age 77) Ramallah, Mandatory Palestine
Alma mater	Youngstown State University University of Akron

Riyad H. Mansour (born 21 May 1947) is a Palestinian-American diplomat and since 2005 has been the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations.^[1] Previous to Mansour's appointment to Permanent Observer, Mansour served as the Deputy Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations from 1983 to 1994.^[1] In 2005, President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas appointed him to succeed Nasser al-Qudwa as Permanent Observer for Palestine to the UN.^[2] Under Mansour, the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations changed from being an "entity" to being a "non-Member Observer State" on 29 November 2012.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Early life and education

Mansour's father moved to the United States in the 1950s as a refugee and became a steelworker in Ohio. He later sent for his seven children from the West Bank, including Riyad,^[6] who was born on 21 May 1947. The refugee family lived in Ramallah, Occupied West Bank.^[7] He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and a Master of Science degree in education counselling from Youngstown State University, and a Ph.D in counselling from the University of Akron.^[7] In 2002, Mansour served as an adjunct professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Central Florida.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b New Permanent Observer of Palestine Presents Appointment Letter. United Nations Press Release, October 5, 2005
^ Former Ambassadors, Permanent Observer Mission Of The State of Palestine to the United Nations, (Retrieved 21 December 2014).
^ Press Conference by Permanent Observer of Palestine, United Nations (November 27, 2012).
^ Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations - Press Conference, UN Web TV, (November 27, 2012).
^ General Assembly Votes Overwhelmingly to Accord Palestine ‘Non-Member Observer State’ Status" in United Nations, United Nations, (29 November 2012).
^ New York Times,"Son of an Ohio Steelworker, Now Palestinian Envoy to the U.N.", Rick Gladstone, 28 June 2019, [1]
^ ^a ^b ^c Ambassador, Permanent Observer Mission Of The State of Palestine to the United Nations, (Retrieved December 21, 2014).