Ahmad Tibi | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1999 | Balad |
| 1999–2015 | Ta'al |
| 2015–2019 | Joint List |
| 2019 | Ta'al |
| 2019– | Joint List |
| Other positions | |
| 2006–2019 | Deputy Speaker of the Knesset |
| 2019– | Deputy Speaker of the Knesset |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 December 1958 Tayibe, Israel |
Ahmad Tibi (Arabic: أحمد الطيبي [ˈ(ʔ)æħmæd (atˤ)ˈtˤiːbi]; Hebrew: אַחְמָד טִיבִּי [ˈ(ʔ)aχmed ˈtibi], sometimes spelled Ahmed Tibi; born 19 December 1958) is a Palestinian-Israeli politician. The leader of the Ta'al party, he has served as a member of the Knesset since 1999. Tibi was acknowledged as a figure in the Israeli-Palestinian arena after serving as a political advisor to the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat (1993–1999).
Tibi is also a trained physician and graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a gynecologist.