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Faruq al-Qaddumi
Palestinian politician (1931–2024)
Faruq al-Qaddumi or Farouk al-Kaddoumi (Arabic: فاروق القدومي; 18 August 1931 – 22 August 2024), also known by the kunyaAbu al-Lutf (Arabic: أبو اللطف), was a Palestinian politician, who served as the Secretary-General of Fatah until 2009 and Chairman of Fatah's central committee and the Palestine Liberation Organization's political department, operating from Tunisia, between 2004 and 2009.[1]
Early life
Faruq al-Qaddumi was born on 18 August 1931,[2][3][4] in the town of Jinsafut near Nablus in Mandatory Palestine and later his family moved to Jaffa.
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and Nakba they fled to Nablus in the West Bank.
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In the early 1950s al-Qaddumi worked in Saudi Arabia for the Arab-American Petroleum Company (ARAMCO). In 1954 he moved to Egypt and studied economy and political science at the American University in Cairo. While in Egypt, he joined the Baath party.