Abdel Rahman Zuabi took his seat on March 3, 1999, as the first Arab to sit on the Supreme Court. Zuabi was Deputy
Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority from 1996 to 1999.

Zuabi was born in the village of al-Majdal, near the city of Nablus, in the West Bank. He studied law at the University of Jordan and the University of London. He was a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council