Yasser Arafat

Full Name: Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa
Profession: Palestinian Leader

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Biography: Leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and for many years branded a terrorist, he received the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for working for peace with Israeli leaders.

Born: August 24, 1929
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt

Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Sign: Virgo

Died: November 11, 2004 (aged 75)
Cause of Death: Haemorrhagic stroke - although rumours of AICS and polonium poisoning persist

Married Life

1990-07-17 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (56) weds Suha Tawil (27)

Historical Events

1969-02-04 The Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat chairman of the PLO
1969-02-07 Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
1975-11-10 PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC
1982-08-30 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut
1982-09-15 Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1983-12-20 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
1983-12-22 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1988-12-06 Yasser Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden
1988-12-07 PLO delegation lead by Yasser Arafat proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizing the existence of the State of Israel for the first time
1988-12-13 Yasser Arafat addresses UN in Geneva
1994-06-26 PLO leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years
1994-10-14 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres
1994-12-10 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat
1995-09-28 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Oslo 2 Accord to transfer West Bank to the PLO (Taba, Egypt)
1997-01-19 Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
1998-08-11 Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian National Authority president, Yasser Arafat, arrives in Cape Town on his first state visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela
1998-10-23 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat agree to the Wye River Memorandum, resuming implementation of the stalled Oslo II Accord which established a level of self-government for Palestine; signed at the White House, In Washington D.C.
2004-11-11 Yasser Arafat's death through unidentified causes confirmed by Palestine Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas elected PLO chairman minutes later.
2005-01-09 Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.