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Saadi Salama (born on 26 January 1961 in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine) is a Palestinian diplomat. He is the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Vietnam from 2009 to present. At the age of 19, Saadi Salama received a scholarship to study abroad and chose Vietnam where he studied Vietnamese Language and Political studies at the University of Hanoi. After graduation, he has worked at Palestinian diplomatic missions in Vietnam, Laos, Yemen, Ghana…

Saadi Salama is one of the few foreigners who can speak Vietnamese as fluently as their mother tongue ; ;. He is considered an Arab expert in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and South East Asia in general. He has translated and edited some works from Vietnamese into Arabic and vice versa, including the book "Dien Bien Phu - 5 unprecedented miracles in the history of war”.

Biography Saadi Salama was born in Idna, Hebron, Palestine. He studied at Al- Hussein Bin Ali Secondary School in Hebron from 1976 to 1979. In 1980, Saadi Salama received a scholarship and came to Vietnam to study Vietnamese Language and Political studies at the University of Hanoi. In 1994, Mr. Salama obtained Higher Studies Diploma in Mass Communication at Sana’a University, Yemen.

Mr. Salama’s political career began in 1976 when he joined the activities against the Israeli occupation in Palestine.

Mr. Salama working experience dates back to 1982 where he served as the Information Secretary at PLO Mission in Hanoi, Vietnam. He joined the Political Department of the PLO as Deputy Head of Mission at PLO Mission in Vientiane, Laos in 1984, where he served 5 years. 1989 he moved to the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he hold the position of Deputy Head of Mission. In 1992 he moved to Sana’a, Yemen and joined the Embassy of Palestine as Deputy Head of Mission. In August 2003 he was accredited as Head of the Mission of the Embassy of Palestine in Yemen.

In October 2005, Mr. Saadi Salama was chosen as Residence Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the Republic of Ghana. Meanwhile he was also appointed as non-residence Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Togo and Equatorial Guinea.

In September 2009 Ambassador Salama was appointed residence Ambassador to Vietnam and non-residence Ambassador to both Laos and Cambodia.

He is married with four children. In addition to his Arabic mother tongue, he is fluent in English and Vietnamese.