Vera Baboun

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vera Baboun
Occupation	University Teacher
Date Of Birth	Oct 6, 1964(1964-10-06)
Age	60
Birthplace	Bethlehem
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Capricorn

Vera Baboun Biography

Vera Baboun is one of the most popular and richest University Teacher who was born on October 6, 1964 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Vera George Ghattas Baboun (Arabic: فيرا جورج غطاس بابون ‎, born October 6, 1964) is a Palestinian politician and the first female mayor of Bethlehem. Baboun has a master’s degree in African-American literature. 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 (Gender Research in Africa and the Middle East into ICTs for Empowerment) 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.

Vera Baboun Net Worth

Vera Baboun is one of the richest University Teacher from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vera Baboun 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Baboun led the Independence and Development bloc, made up of 12 Muslims and Christians in the Fatah movement campaigning to improve services and promote the tourism potential of Bethlehem. Her bloc was described generally as professionals and technocrats by Al-Ghad. Few expected Baboun to win. She ran against well-known male candidates as well as individuals supported by Islamists and left-wing Palestinians. By 12 Oct 2012, Fatah was leading polling by AWRAD research centre at 49%. Her bloc won the election on 20 Oct 2012 and Baboun was officially chosen as mayor in a closed session of the Bethlehem Municipal Council by the nine council members of her bloc who were popularly elected. Her opponents got six seats on the council.

As mayor, Baboun presides over a city with the highest unemployment in the West Bank. Bethlehem has a changing demographic, due to an outflux of the Christian population. She cites the presence of the Israeli West Bank barrier as an obstacle to growth by restricting the movement of people, ideas and goods. Of Bethlehem she states, “We are a strangulated city, with no room for expansion due to the settlements and the wall.” She hopes to stop the flow of emigration by creating job opportunities for young people. She also hopes to regain international support lost while Hamas was in power. Baboun terminated her post on April 27, 2017. She did not participate in the local elections that took place in Bethlehem and all the West Bank in May 2017.

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Vasile Ranked on the list of most popular University Teacher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Vera Baboun celebrates birthday on October 6 of every year.