Jibril Rajoub | |
|---|---|
 Rajoub in 2007 | |
| President of the Palestinian Football Association | |
| Assumed office 11 May 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Al-Afifi |
| Chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmed al-Qudwa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jibril Mahmoud Muhammad Rajoub 14 May 1953 Dura, Jordanian West Bank |
| Nationality | Palestine |
| Political party | Fatah |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  PLO
 Palestine |
| Branch/service | Palestinian Preventive Security |
| Rank | Major general |
| Battles/wars | War of Attrition First Intifada Second Intifada |
Jibril Mahmoud Muhammad Rajoub (Arabic: جبريل محمود محمد الرجوب; born 14 May 1953), also known by his kunya Abu Rami (أبو رامي),[1] is a Palestinian political leader, legislator, and former militant. He leads the Palestinian Football Association and the Palestine Olympic Committee.[2] He was the head of the Preventive Security Force in the West Bank until being dismissed (along with the force's chief in Gaza, Ghazi Jabali) in 2002.[3][4] He had been a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council until 2009[5] and was elected to the Fatah Central Committee at the party's 2009 congress,[2] serving as Deputy-Secretary until 2017,[5] before being elected Secretary General of the Central Committee in 2017.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Issacharoffwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Fatah: New leaders declare 'revolution'". Agence France-Presse. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ Kafal, Tarik (25 March 2002). "Profile: Jibril Rajoub". BBC News. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ Fisher, Ian (5 July 2002). "Days Past Arafat's Order, Two Security Chiefs Resign". New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ a b PA and Fatah personalities, Jibril Rajoub on palwatch.org, retrieved 3 August 2017
- ^ Fatah picks first-ever deputy for Abbas, sidelines Barghouti, timesofisreal.com, 16 February 2017, retrieved 3 August 2017