Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat
ياسر عرفات
	Yasser Arafat speaking at the World Economic Forum in 2001
1st President of the Palestinian National Authority
	In office; 5 July 1994 – 11 November 2004
Prime Minister	Mahmoud Abbas; Ahmed Qurei;
Succeeded by	Rawhi Fattouh (interim)
Third Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
	In office; 4 February 1969 – 29 October 2004
Preceded by	Yahya Hammuda
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Abbas
Personal details
Born	Mohammed al-Qudwa al-Husseini; 24 August 1929; Cairo, Egypt
Died	11 November 2004 (aged 75); Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Resting place	Arafat's compound, Ramallah, Palestine
Nationality	Palestinian
Political party	Fatah
Profession	Civil engineer
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Yasser Arafat^{[note 1]} (24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004) was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004. In 1993, he also became president of the Palestinian National Authority (PA).

Arafat was born in Jerusalem, Gaza or Cairo.^[1] He studied civil engineering at Cairo University. He worked as an engineer in Kuwait.

In 1994, Yasser Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize along with two others.^{[note 2]} .^[2]

Some people see him as a hero, who fought for the cause of the Palestinian people. Others see him as a terrorist, who promoted the use of violence to destroy Israel.

Arafat died in Paris from a cerebral hemorrhage. The next day he was buried at his compound, with a funeral in Ramallah on November 12.

Related pages

List of Nobel Prize winners by country

Notes

↑ Also spelled Yassir Arafat (Arabic: ياسر عرفات). He was born Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (محمد عبد الرؤوف القدوة الحسيني). He is also known by the kunya Abu `Ammar (أبو عمّار).
↑ The others were Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres.

References

↑ Most sources indicate Cairo as Arafat's place of birth, but others list his birthplace as Jerusalem or Gaza. See here and here for more information.
↑ NobelPrize.org, "Yasser Arafat"; retrieved 2012-9-19.

Other websites

Media related to Yasser Arafat at Wikimedia Commons

Life in Palestine after Arafat, Situation worse, not what Bush and Sharon planned Archived 2005-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
The Real Obstacle to Peace was Ariel Sharon, not Yasser Arafat
Death of Arafat, burial and reburial November 13 2004
.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/01/israel-acknowledges-killing-palestinian-deputy Israel acknowledges killing Yasser Arafat's deputy Khalil al-Wazir in 1988 raid

[1] Also spelled Yassir Arafat (Arabic: ياسر عرفات). He was born Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (محمد عبد الرؤوف القدوة الحسيني). He is also known by the kunya Abu `Ammar (أبو عمّار).

[3] The others were Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres.

[Birth-2] Most sources indicate Cairo as Arafat's place of birth, but others list his birthplace as Jerusalem or Gaza. See here and here for more information.

[4] NobelPrize.org, "Yasser Arafat"; retrieved 2012-9-19.

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