Afif Safieh
Afif Safieh عفيف صافية | |
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Afif Safieh presents his credentials to President Dmitry Medvedev in September 2008. | |
| Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1990–2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Hassassian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1950 East Jerusalem, Jordanian West Bank |
| Alma mater | Université catholique de Louvain Sciences Po |
Afif Safieh (Arabic: عفيف صافية; born 4 May 1950) is a Palestinian diplomat. He has served as a Palestinian delegate to the Netherlands (1987–1990), to the United Kingdom (1990–2005), the Holy See, Vatican (1995–2005), and in Washington, D.C. as the head of the PLO mission (2005–2008). He was most recently the Palestinian ambassador to the Russian Federation.
Safieh is an experienced diplomat, having served in the three most politically significant capitals: London, Washington, and Moscow. Before this, he was deputy director of the PLO Observer Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva.