-    Born in 1943 in Nablus, Palestine
-     L.L.B. from Beirut University, 1971
-    Head of the Lawyer Bar Association in the West Bank since 1990
-    Appointed by the PA to head the Nablus Municipality Council in October 1994
-    Appointed the mayor of Nablus since October 2012 by Yasser Arafat
-    Shakaa published an open letter in which he called for the Palestinian National Authority to restore order to his politically divided city