Saeb Erekat

Saeb Erekat
صائب محمد صالح عريقات
Erekat in London, December 2014
Member of the Palestinian Parliament
for Jericho
In office
20 January 1996 – 10 November 2020
Majority31,501
Personal details
Born
Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat

(1955-04-28)28 April 1955
Abu Dis, Jordanian-annexed West Bank
Died10 November 2020(2020-11-10) (aged 65)
Jerusalem
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyFatah
Spouse
Neameh Erekat
(m. 1981; died 2020)
Children4
RelativesNoura Erakat (niece)
Yousef Erakat (nephew)
Ahmad Erekat (nephew)
ResidenceJericho
Alma materCity College of San Francisco, San Francisco State University and University of Bradford

Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat (Arabic: صائب محمد صالح عريقات Ṣāʼib ʻUrayqāt; also ʻRēqāt, Erikat, Erakat, Arekat; 28 April 1955 – 10 November 2020) was a Palestinian politician and diplomat who was the secretary general of the executive committee of the PLO from 2015 until his death in 2020.[1][2] He served as chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee until 12 February 2011. He participated in early negotiations with Israel and remained chief negotiator from 1995 until May 2003, when he resigned in protest from the Palestinian government. He reconciled with the party and was reappointed to the post in September 2003.

  1. ^ "Saeb Erekat (Secretary General)". ECFR. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Saeb Erekat | The Guardian". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.