Yasser Arafat

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Yasser Arafat was a Palestinian political leader and longtime chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization who became a central figure in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and a co-recipient of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.

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instanceOf Nobel Peace Prize laureate
guerrilla leader
human
politician
revolutionary
academicDegree degree in civil engineering
awardReceived Nobel Peace Prize
surface form: Nobel Peace Prize 1994
burialPlace Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat
Ramallah
child Suha Arafat
surface form: Zahwa Arafat
citizenship Egypt
State of Palestine
surface form: Palestine
conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Jordanian–Palestinian conflict
Lebanese Civil War
coRecipientOfAward Nobel Peace Prize with Shimon Peres
Nobel Peace Prize with Yitzhak Rabin
dateOfBirth 1929-08-24
dateOfDeath 2004-11-11
educatedAt Cairo University
Cairo University
surface form: King Fuad I University
ethnicGroup Palestinian
surface form: Palestinians
familyName Yasser Arafat self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arafat
fieldOfWork national liberation movements
politics
founded Fatah
fullName Yasser Arafat self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa
givenName Muhammad
surface form: Mohammed

Yasser Arafat self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yasser
hasParticularSign distinctive black-and-white keffiyeh
knownFor leadership of the Palestinian national movement
participation in the Oslo peace process
role in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
languageSpoken Arabic
English
mannerOfDeath disputed
memberOf Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
nativeName Yasser Arafat self-linksurface differs
surface form: ياسر عرفات
notableAward Nobel Peace Prize
notableWork Oslo Accords
leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization
occupation engineer
military leader
politician
officeStart Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization 1969
President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994
President of the State of Palestine 1988
placeOfBirth Cairo
Egypt
surface form: Kingdom of Egypt
placeOfDeath Clamart
France
Percy Military Hospital
politicalIdeology Arab nationalism
Palestinian liberation
politicalMovement Palestinian nationalism
positionHeld Chairman of Fatah
Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
President of the Palestinian National Authority
President of the State of Palestine
religion Sunni Islam
residence Gaza City
Ramallah
Tunis
signature Yasser Arafat signature image
spouse Suha Arafat

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Shimon Peres NobelPrizeSharedWith Yasser Arafat
Oslo Accords associatedWithLeader Yasser Arafat
Szymon Perski coRecipientOfAwardWith Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat familyName Yasser Arafat self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arafat
Palestinian Authority firstPresident Yasser Arafat
Fatah foundedBy Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat fullName Yasser Arafat self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa
Yasser Arafat givenName Yasser Arafat self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yasser
Salam hasNotableBearer Yasser Arafat
this entity surface form: Yasser Arafat al-Salam
Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat namedAfter Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat nativeName Yasser Arafat self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ياسر عرفات
Cairo University notableAlumni Yasser Arafat
Lenin Peace Prize notableLaureate Yasser Arafat
Fatah notableLeader Yasser Arafat
Clamart notablePersonDiedHere Yasser Arafat
Camp David Summit 2000 participant Yasser Arafat
Palestinian Basic Law promulgatedBy Yasser Arafat
Rawhi Fattouh replaced Yasser Arafat
this entity surface form: Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian Authority (interim)
Rabin sharedAwardWith Yasser Arafat
subject surface form: Yitzhak Rabin
Suha Arafat spouse Yasser Arafat