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Yasser Arafat (4 or 24: 269 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004 and president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. [7]
Apr 30, 1999 · Yasser Arafat was the first president of the Palestinian Authority (1996–2004), chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and leader of Fatah. In 1993 he led the PLO to a historic peace agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Israeli government.
Yasser Arafat, who was the President of the Palestinian National Authority and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, died unexpectedly on 11 November 2004, 75 years of age, after a short period of illness.
Apr 24, 2024 · Yasser Arafat, also spelled Yāsir ʿArafāt orig. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raʾūf al-Qudwah al-Ḥusaynī, (born August 1929—died Nov. 11, 2004, Paris, France), Palestinian leader. The date and place of his birth are disputed.
He was a survivor himself, escaping death in an airplane crash, surviving any assassination attempts by Israeli intelligence agencies, and recovering from a serious stroke.
Nov 11, 2004 · Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died Thursday in a French hospital at age 75. Arafat helped found the Palestine Liberation Organization and dedicated much of his life to fighting for an ...
Nov 11, 2004 · Yasser Arafat. The Nobel Peace Prize 1994. Born: 24 August 1929, Cairo, Egypt. Died: 11 November 2004, Paris, France. Residence at the time of the award: Palestine. Role: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO; President of the Palestinian National Authority. Prize motivation: “for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East”
