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Yasser Arafat
August 4, 1929 – November 11, 2004
Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)
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Yasser Arafat, 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, President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist and a socialist, Arafat was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.
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- Birthday · August 4
- Anniversary · November 11
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