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Yasser Arafat [a] (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, [b] was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of the State of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. [3]
Arafat's illness began on 12 October 2004 with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.Soon afterward, his general health deteriorated. [1] Following visits by other doctors, including teams from Tunisia, Jordan, and Egypt, Arafat was taken to France on a French government jet, and was admitted to the Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy in Clamart, a suburb of Paris, on 29 October ...
Moussa Arafat (c. 1940–2005), Palestinian politician, cousin of Yasser Arafat; Raed Arafat (born 1964), Romanian physician; Suha Arafat (born 1963), widow of Yasser Arafat; Yasir Arafat (disambiguation), several people; Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National ...
Mount Arafat (Arabic: جَبَل عَرَفَات, romanized: Jabal ʿArafāt, or جَبَل ٱلرَّحْمَة, Jabal ar-Raḥmah, 'Mountain of Mercy') [2] is a granodiorite hill [1] about 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Mecca, in the province of the same name in Saudi Arabia. [3]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. President of the State of Palestine رئيس دولة فلسطين Coat of arms of Palestine Presidential standard Incumbent Mahmoud Abbas since 15 January 2005 Term length 4 years Renewable Formation 2 April 1989 First holder Yasser Arafat Salary 120,000 USD annually Politics of Palestine ...
Arafat's speech drew sympathy from attending Arab leaders. Other heads of state took sides against Hussein, among them Muammar Gaddafi, who mocked him and his schizophrenic father King Talal. [68] On 27 September, Hussein and Arafat signed an agreement brokered by Egyptian President Nasser. [68] Nasser died the following day of a heart attack ...
This is a list of international trips made by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Arafat was permanently based in Kuwait until the end of 1964. He traveled extensively to garner international support for the Palestinian cause.
The Johannesburg address was an address given by Yasser Arafat in a mosque in the South African city of Johannesburg on May 10, 1994, regarding the Oslo Accords, about half a year after the signing of the first Oslo Accords.