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Yasser Arafat
d. 2004
President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004
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Biography
Yasser Arafat, also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was 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. Ideologically an Arab nationalist and a socialist, Arafat was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.
Timeline
Yasser Arafat asume como presidente de la Organización para la Liberación de Palestina.
February 4 →Yasser Arafat acepta la resolución 242 de la ONU, que supone su implícito reconocimiento del derecho a la existencia del Estado de Israel.
September 4 →Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
September 13 →en Washington D. C. se realiza la entrevista de Benjamín Netanyahu y Yasser Arafat, con Bill Clinton como mediador, devaluada por la ausencia de Hosni Mubarak.
October 1 →Yasser Arafat devient président de l'Autorité palestinienne en Cisjordanie et dans la bande de Gaza.
February 12 →la reunión de Yasser Arafat (líder palestino) y Benjamín Netanyahu (primer ministro de Israel) se cierra sin acuerdo sobre la retirada de las tropas invasoras israelíes de Cisjordania.
May 3 →en Argel (Argelia), Yasser Arafat declara simbólicamente el Estado palestino independiente.
November 14 →Un hélicoptère israélien tire un missile sur la Moukataa (complexe de l'Autorité palestinienne à Ramallah) au moment où Yasser Arafat reçoit l'émissaire européen Miguel Ángel Moratinos.
March 6 →More from the Unknown
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