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Mowaffak Allaf

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Preceded by
  
Haissam Kelani

Religion
  
Islam

Succeeded by
  
Hammud al-Shufi

Name
  
Mowaffak Allaf

Nationality
  
Syrian

Died
  
1996, Cairo, Egypt

Profession
  
Politician


Mowaffak Allaf (Arabic: موفق علاف‎‎) (1927–1996) was a Syrian diplomat, and a former ambassador to the United Nations. Allaf served as the Under-Secretary-General of the UN in Geneva, and headed the Syrian delegation to the Madrid peace conference and the subsequent peace talks with Israel.

Allaf held a diploma in international relations from the University of Damascus, and was awarded the "Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria in Gold with Sash" by Austrian President Kurt Waldheim in February 1987.

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Mowaffak Allaf Wikipedia