Ahmad al-Shukeiri أحمد الشقيري | |
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1st Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
In office 28 May 1964 – 24 December 1967 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Yahya Hammuda |
Personal details | |
Born | Tebnine, Ottoman Empire | 1 January 1908
Died | 26 February 1980 Amman, Jordan | (aged 72)
Nationality | Palestinian |
Ahmad al-Shukeiri (Arabic: أحمد الشقيري, also transliterated al-Shuqayri, Shuqairi, Shuqeiri, Shukeiry; 1 January 1908 – 26 February 1980) was a Palestinian political leader and the first Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, serving from 1964 to 1967.