Adel Zawati is a Palestinian politician who was born in the village of Zawata, located in Nablus district, in 1920. He received his education in the schools of Nablus and Jerusalem and obtained a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree with honors in Arabic literature from the American University in Beirut in 1945. During the British Mandate, he was appointed the provincial governor of Lod, then of Ramleh and then of Yafa, and also worked as secretary to the British High Commissioner in Jerusalem. He was captured by Zionist gangs during the events of the Arab-Israeli War in 1948 and then released in a prisoner exchange.