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'''Yasser Arafat''' (1929-2004) was the first President of the [[Palestinian Authority]] (PA) from 1996 to his death, Chairman of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (1969-2004) and founded [[Fatah]] in 1956.
'''Yasser Arafat''' (1929–2004) was a Palestinian politician who became Chairman of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] from 1969 to 2004 and President of the [[Palestinian Authority]] from 1994 to 2004.


After founding Fatah, he worked in various places, but was expelled from [[Jordan]] in 1970, and moved the PLO headquarters to [[Lebanon]] between 1971 and 1982. During this time, he appeared before the [[United Nations]] in 1974. After the [[1982 Israeli-Lebanon Conflict]], he moved to [[Tunisia]].
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He moved from Tunisia to [[Gaza]] in 1994, and was a co-recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for the [[Camp David Accords]].
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Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) was a Palestinian politician who became Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority from 1994 to 2004.

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