Background
KANAAN, Taher was born on March 1, 1935 in Nablus, Palestine. Son of Hamdi and Najiah (nee Quttainah) Kanaan.
economist politician and civil servant
KANAAN, Taher was born on March 1, 1935 in Nablus, Palestine. Son of Hamdi and Najiah (nee Quttainah) Kanaan.
American University of Beirut, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Director of Programmes at Arab Fund for Economical Social Development Kuwait 1973-1976. Consultant in Industrial Development Ministry of Planning. Morocco 1977-1978; Chief External Financing and Development United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva 1979-1983.
Director and Economics Adviser Arab Fund 1983-1985.
Minister of Occupied Territories Affairs 1985, of Planning 1986-1989.
Board of Trustees, Centre for Arab Unity Studies. Arab Thought Forum.