Leila Shahid
Leila Shahid | |
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ليلى شهيد | |
Leila Shahid in 2015 | |
| General Delegate of Palestine in the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg | |
| In office 2006–2014 | |
| Delegate General of Palestine in France | |
| In office 1993–2006 | |
| PLO representative in the Netherlands | |
| In office 1990–1993 | |
| PLO representative in Ireland | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 July 1949 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Died | 18 February 2026 (aged 76) Lecques, France |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Baha'u'llah (great-great-grandfather) |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut |
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Leila Shahid (Arabic: ليلى شهيد; 13 July 1949 – 18 February 2026) was a Palestinian diplomat. She was the first woman ambassador of Palestine, serving the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Ireland in 1989 and the Netherlands in 1990, then serving the Palestinian Authority (PA) in France where she had taken office in Paris in 1993. From 2006 to 2014, she was the General Delegate of Palestine in the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg.