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- بكر عبد المنعم (مواليد 1942) هو السفير الرسمي للسلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية لدى كندا. ولد في الرملة خلال عهد الانتداب البريطاني على فلسطين لكنه هرب مع عائلته إلى الأردن خلال حرب 1948. بين سن 10 و 15 عاما كان يعمل بدوام جزئي خلال فصل الصيف كمتدرب في مصنع لإنتاج الجلود والحقائب اليدوية ومصنع للمربى والعصائر ومصنع للعطور والزيوت ومتجر للمواد القماشية ومتجر للأحذية. درس عبد المنعم في جامعة القاهرة عام 1966 وحصل على بكالوريوس الهندسة الميكانيكية وعمل رئيسا لمحطة الطاقة الكهربائية الرئيسية في الأردن لمدة سبع سنوات. عاد إلى جامعة القاهرة لمواصلة دراسته وحصل على ماجستير الهندسة الميكانيكية في عام 1975. شغل عبد المنعم منصب نائب رئيس الاتحاد الدولي للطلاب من 1978 إلى 1983 عندما حصل على دكتوراه الهندسة الميكانيكية من تشيكوسلوفاكيا. في عام 1979 أصبح عضوا في المجلس الوطني الفلسطيني وعضوا منتخبا في المجلس الثوري لحركة فتح في عام 1989. في عام 1985 حصل على دكتوراه الاقتصاد من ألمانيا ودكتوراه العلوم السياسية من الولايات المتحدة في عام 1988. كان سفير منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية في اليابان في عام 1983. في 23 يوليو 1995 عينته منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية لترأس الوفد العام الفلسطيني الجديد إلى كندا. من خبرته ومعرفته بالقضية الفلسطينية قام بتأليف ثلاثة كتب: 1.
* فلسطين في قلبي (شاكيهيهيوشا، 1991 باللغة اليابانية). 2.
* منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية وحرب الخليج (دايسانشوكان، 1991 باليابانية و 1992 باللغة الإنكليزية). 3.
* قصة داخلية لمؤتمر السلام في الشرق الأوسط (شاكيهيهيوشا، 1993 باللغة اليابانية؛ الشروق، 1994 باللغة العربية). درس عبد المنعم الحياة الثقافية اليابانية وقام بتحرير كتابين آخرين: 1.
* أغاني هيروشيما (قصائد) (الشروق، 1995 بالعربية). 2.
* الحكايات الشعبية اليابانية القديمة (الشروق، 1996 بالعربية). خلال فترة خدمته في اليابان مثل عبد المنعم فلسطين في مختلف المهام اليابانية والدولية التي تعقد سنويا في أغسطس في طوكيو وهيروشيما وناغازاكي بمناسبة الذكرى السنوية للقنبلة الذرية على هيروشيما وناغازاكي. في الفترة من عام 1995 إلى عام 2004 كان عضوا في الوفد الفلسطيني في الدورات السنوية للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة. في عام 2006 تولى عبد المنعم منصبه الدبلوماسي الثالث والنهائي كسفير فلسطين لدى الاتحاد الروسي. شارك خلال حياته المهنية في عدة مؤتمرات دولية في بلدان عدم الانحياز وغيرها من الدول الأعضاء في الوفد الفلسطيني. كما حضر اجتماعات العديد من الأحزاب السياسية التي تمثل فلسطين أو منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية. يقيم عبد المنعم في عمان عاصمة الأردن. عبد المنعم متزوج من غادة أبو لبن ولديه ابنتان مديحة وكنانة كلتيهما حاصلتان على الماجستير وابن واحد عبد المنعم مهندس معماري وحائز على 2 ماجستير الهندسة المعمارية من في مونتريال بكندا وثلاثة أحفاد: ثابت وحمزة وقاسم. (ar)
- Baker Abdel Munem (Arabic: بكر عبد المنعم, born 1942) was the Palestinian National Authority's official ambassador to Canada. He was born in Ramla during the British Mandate era of Palestine, but fled with his family to Jordan during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Abdel Munem 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 in and a PhD in political science from the United States in 1988. Abdel Munem's first diplomatic post was the Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to Japan in 1983. On July 23, 1995 he was assigned by the PLO to head the newly established Palestine General Delegation to Canada. Abdel Munem is married to Ghada Abu Laban, has two daughters, Madiha and Kenana and one son, Abdel Munem. Baker Abdel Munem was born in 1942 in Ramle, 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. Between the age of 10 and 15, he worked part-time during the summer as apprentice in a leather and handbags production factory, a jam and juice factory, a perfume and oils factory, a cloths materials shop, and a shoe making shop. In 1966, Abdel Munem obtained a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Cairo University. During summer vacations in Amman, he attended trainings organized by the Water Department of the Greater Amman Municipality, the Jordan Electric Company, and the Jordan Cement Company. Abdel Munem then served as Head of the main electric power station in Jordan for seven years. He then returned to Cairo University in 1973 to continue his studies and obtained in 1975 an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering "The Effectiveness of Detergent and Dispersant Types of Oil Additive on the Piston Deposition in a Diesel Engine." In addition, Abdel Munem has: 1. A PhD in mechanical engineering "Vibrations in Circular Cylindrical Tanks Fully or Partly Filled with Liquid" (Technical University of Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1983); 2. A PhD in economics "The Role of Petroleum from Arab Countries in Helping Solve the Cause of Palestine" (Institute for Economy of Developing Countries, University of Economic Science, Berlin, Germany, 1985);and, 3. A PhD in political science: "The Petroleum Trade Between Japan and the States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), 1963-1988" (Columbia Pacific University, U.S.A., 1988). He also holds a General Diploma (1975) and a Special Diploma (1976) in Islamic Studies from the Higher Islamic Studies Institute, Cairo, Egypt. From 1978 to 1983, he served as the Vice President of the International Union of Students (IUS), representing the General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS). During this time, he attended several student and youth conferences across the world as the representative of GUPS and IUS. This included the Youth and Students Festival in Havana, Cuba, in 1978, and the meetings of the preparatory committees, held in several countries, preceding the conference. Dr. Abdel Munem became in 1979 a member of the Palestine National Council (PNC), the Palestine Parliament in exile. In 1989 he was elected to the Fateh Revolutionary Council. His first diplomatic posting began in 1983 as the PLO Representative to Japan. He served as the Head of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Japan (1983 -1995). While serving in Japan, Abdel Munem lectured to post-graduate students in the Faculty of International Relations at the International University of Japan in Niigata. From his experience and knowledge of the Palestinian cause, he authored three books: 1. Palestine in My Heart (Shakaihihyosha, 1991 in Japanese); 2. The PLO and the Gulf War (Daisanshokan, 1991 in Japanese and 1992 in English);and, 3. An Inside Story of the Middle East Peace Conference (Shakaihihyosha, 1993 in Japanese; Al-Shorouk, 1994 in Arabic). Totally immersed in Japanese cultural life, Dr. Abdel Munem Arabized and edited two additional books: 1. Songs to Hiroshima (Poems) (Al-Shorouk, 1995 in Arabic), and 2. Old Japanese Folk Tales (Al-Shorouk, 1996 in Arabic). While serving in Japan, Abdel Munem represented Palestine at the various Japanese and international functions held annually in August in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the anniversary of the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1995, Abdel Munem took up his second posting as the Head of the General Delegation of Palestine in Canada. With fluency in English and Arabic, and being fair in French, he articulated the Palestinian quest for statehood and engaged Canadians in the building of the Palestinian State. From 1995 to 2004, he was a member of the Palestinian delegation to the annual United Nations Sessions of the General Assembly. In 2006, Abdel Munem took up his third and final diplomatic posting as the Palestine Ambassador to the Russian Federation. Throughout his professional career, he participated in several international conferences in the non-aligned countries and others as a member of the Palestinian delegation. He also attended the meetings of many political parties representing Palestine or the Palestine Liberation Organization. Abdel Munem resides in Amman, Jordan. He is married to Ghada Abu Laban, has two daughters, Madiha and Kenana (both are holders of master's degrees), one son, Abdel Munem (an architect and a holder of Two master's degrees in Architecture from McGill University, Montreal, Canada), and three grandchildren: Thabet, Hamza and Qasem Banat. (en)
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