HE Minister Prof. Marwan Awartani

HE Minister Prof. Marwan Awartani is the Minister of MoE &President of the Palestine Academy for Science and Technology, former President of Palestine Technical University Kadoorie and a professor of mathematics.  Dr. Awartani  is  the  chairman  of  the  Palestinian European Academic Cooperation Council and secretary general of the Learning for Wellbeing Foundation.

He serves as member of the Supreme Council on Technical and Vocational Education
and  member  of  the  board  of  the  National  Trust  on  Excellence.  Dr. Awartani
served as the chairman  of  the  Arab  Foundations  Forum, Interim President  of Al-Quds University,  and co-founder of  the  Network  of  Palestinian  Scientists  and  Technologists  Abroad.  He  also  served  as director of the Science and Technology Planning Unit at the Ministry of Planning, and director of the National Policy for Scientific Research. As a professor of Mathematics, Dr. Awartani was the founding president of the Palestinian  Society  for  Mathematical Sciences,  founding  president  of  Alpha International  for Research, Polling and Informatics, member of the Supreme Council on Innovation, and chairman of the selection committee for the WISE Prize.