Yasser Arafat

Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (Arabic: محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني‎‎; 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat (Arabic: ياسر عرفات‎) or by his kunya Abu Ammar (Arabic: أبو عمار‎, 'Abū `Ammār), was a Palestinian leader and a Laureate of the Nobel Prize. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Aut... More

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  • Aug 24, 1929

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  • Nov 11, 2004 (age 75 years)

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  • Yassir Arafat,
  • Abu Ammar,
  • Jassir Arafat,
  • Muhammad 'Abd Ar-Ra'uf Al-Qudwah Al-Husayni,
  • Yasir,
  • Mohammed Abdel Rahman,
  • Yasser

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  • Jul 17, 1990
  • Nov 11, 2004

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  • Jul 5, 1994
  • Nov 11, 2004

President of the Palestinian National Authority

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