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George Habash
Sign in to savefounder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (1926-2008)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Office established
- Succeeded by
- Abu Ali Mustafa
- Born
- ( 1926-08-01 ) 1 August 1926, Lydda , Mandatory Palestine
- Died
- 26 January 2008 (2008-01-26) (aged 81), Amman , Jordan
- Party
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Other political affiliations
- Arab Nationalist Movement (1951–1967)
- Alma mater
- American University of Beirut
- Religious background
- Greek Orthodox Christian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mandatory Palestine
- Place of birth
- Lod
- Place of death
- Amman
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- American University of Beirut
- Political party
- Arab Nationalist Movement
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Greek Orthodoxy
- Image
- George Habash.jpg
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- Commons category
- George Habash
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1926-08-02
- date of death
- 2008-01-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- جورج حبش
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Encyclopedic overview
George Habash (1 August 1926 – 26 January 2008) was a Palestinian politician and physician who was the founder and first general-secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from 1967 to 2000.
Habash was born in Lydda, Mandatory Palestine, in 1926. In 1948, while he was a medical student at the American University of Beirut, he returned to his hometown of Lydda during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The city's Arab Palestinian population, including his family, was forcibly driven out in an event known as the Lydda Death March, which led to the death of his sister. In 1951, after graduating first in his class from medical school, Habash worked in Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and ran a clinic in Amman. He later relocated to Syria and Lebanon.
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