Vera Baboun
Palestinian Ambassador to Chile · Palestine · On the map · Academics · Born 1964 · age 62
Vera George Ghattas Baboun is a Palestinian politician who served as the first female mayor of Bethlehem. Baboun has a master's degree in African-American literature.
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Prior to her election, she became the principal of the Roman Catholic High School in Beit Sahour (2010-2012) and was an English literature lecturer at Bethlehem University, (1990-2010) where she was also the Assistant Dean of Students (2000-2006). Additionally, she is the chairperson of the Board of Directors for Guidance and Training Centre for Family and Children as well as a gender studies researcher in GRACE network looking at the role of information technology in empowering women in the Arab world. Baboun is the mother of five children. She is a Palestinian Christian.
