Yasser Arafat — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, alongside Israeli prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres
President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004
Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004
Co-founded the Fatah political party in the latter part of the 1950s
President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004
Studied at the University of King Fuad I

Biography

Yasser Arafat (c. August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also known as Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004. He served as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004, and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004.

Arafat was born in Cairo, Egypt, and studied at the University of King Fuad I.