Ahmad Shukeiri

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Ahmad Shukeiri was a Palestinian lawyer and politician who became the founding chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1960s.

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Ahmad Shukeiri canonical 2
Ahmad al-Shukeiri 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Palestinian politician
diplomat
human
lawyer
birthDate 1908-01-01
birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Tulkarm
burialPlace Amman
chairpersonOf Palestine Liberation Organization
citizenship Jordan
countryOfCitizenship Palestine
linked to: State of Palestine
deathDate 1980-02-26
deathPlace Amman
Jordan
describedBySource United Nations archives
historical records of the Palestine Liberation Organization
educatedAt American University of Beirut
Jerusalem Law School
endTime 1967 (as PLO chairman)
ethnicGroup Palestinian
fieldOfWork law
politics
founded Palestine Liberation Organization
languageSpoken Arabic
English
memberOf Arab League
Palestine Liberation Organization
movement Arab nationalism
Palestinian nationalism
name Ahmad Shukeiri
Ahmad al-Shukeiri
linked to: Ahmad Shukeiri

Ahmad al-Shuqayri
notableEvent First Arab League summit in Cairo 1964
linked to: Arab League summits

Six-Day War
notableFor founding chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
notableWork role in drafting the Palestine National Charter
occupation diplomat
lawyer
politician
positionHeld Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League
Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine representative to the Arab League
President of the Palestine National Council
Saudi Arabia’s representative to the United Nations
reasonForResignation aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War
religion Islam
startTime 1964 (as PLO chairman)

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Ahmad Shukeiri name Ahmad Shukeiri
Ahmad Shukeiri name Ahmad al-Shukeiri
linked to: Ahmad Shukeiri