Ahmad Shukeiri

Ahmad al-Shukeiri
أحمد الشقيري
1st Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
In office
28 May 1964 – 24 December 1967
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byYahya Hammuda
Personal details
Born(1908-01-01)1 January 1908
Tebnine, Ottoman Empire
Died26 February 1980(1980-02-26) (aged 72)
Amman, Jordan
NationalityPalestinian
Shukeiri (standing first left) a founding member of Istiqlal circa 1932.

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.