Mahmoud Abbas
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Mahmoud Abbas (; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (, ), is a Palestinian politician who is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). He has been the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) since 2004, PNA president since January 2005, and State of Palestine president since May 2005. Abbas is also a member of the Fatah party and was elected chairman in 2009.
Abbas was elected on 9 January 2005 to serve as President of the Palestinian National Authority until 15 January 2009, but extended his term until the next election in 2010, citing the PLO constitution, and on 16 December 2009 was voted into office indefinitely by the PLO Central Council. As a result, Fatah's main rival, Hamas, initially announced that it would not recognize the extension or view Abbas as the rightful president. Nonetheless, Abbas is internationally recognized in his position(s) and Hamas and Fatah conducted numerous negotiations in the following years, leading to an agreement in April 2014 for a Unity Government (which lasted until October 2016) and to the recognition of his office by Hamas. Abbas was also chosen as the president of the State of Palestine by the PLO Central Council on 23 November 2008, a position he had held unofficially since 8 May 2005.
Abbas served as the first prime minister of the Palestinian Authority from March to September 2003. Before being named prime minister, Abbas led the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department. Abbas has been subject to both criticism and controversy, having been accused of corruption, as well as distorting Jewish history and engaging in Holocaust denial. Provided by Wikipedia
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5by Elham Ahmed Hassan, Abeer Sharaf El-Din Abdel Rehim, Mohamed Omar Abdel-Malek, Asmaa Omar Ahmed, Nourhan Mahmoud AbbasGet full text
Published 2019-09-01
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9by Inga Peters, Natalia Dubrowinskaja, Mahmoud Abbas, Christoph Seidel, Michael Kogosov, Ralph Scherer, Kai Gebauer, Axel S Merseburger, Markus A Kuczyk, Viktor Grünwald, Jürgen SerthGet full text
Published 2014-01-01
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10by Chinyere Ibeawuchi, Hartmut Schmidt, Reinhard Voss, Ulf Titze, Mahmoud Abbas, Joerg Neumann, Elke Eltze, Agnes Marije Hoogland, Guido Jenster, Burkhard Brandt, Axel SemjonowGet full text
Published 2015-02-01
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11by Axel Semjonow, Burkhard Brandt, Guido Jenster, Agnes Marije Hoogland, Elke Eltze, Joerg Neumann, Mahmoud Abbas, Ulf Titze, Chinyere Ibeawuchi, Reinhard Voss, Hartmut SchmidtGet full text
Published 2013-06-01
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12by Mahmoud Abbas, Mario W. Kramer, Tilmann Spieker, Thomas R.W. Herrman, Axel S. Merseburger, Klaus-Michael Müller, Marcus A. Kuczyk, Jan U. Becker, Hans-Heinrich KreipeGet full text
Published 2014-03-01
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13by Agnieszka Latosinska, Konstantinos Vougas, Manousos Makridakis, Julie Klein, William Mullen, Mahmoud Abbas, Konstantinos Stravodimos, Ioannis Katafigiotis, Axel S Merseburger, Jerome Zoidakis, Harald Mischak, Antonia Vlahou, Vera JankowskiGet full text
Published 2015-01-01
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14by Ahmed Ezzat Ahmed, Mohammed M. AL-Kahtani, Eman M. El-Diasty, Ahmed Shaban Ahmed, Hani Saber, Ahmed Mahmoud Abbas, Hassan Mahmoud Diab, Mohammed A. Alshehri, Ahmed A. Elmansi, Mohamed A. HusseinGet full text
Published 2020-03-01
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15by Falko M. Heinemann, Peter T. Jindra, Clemens L. Bockmeyer, Philip Zeuschner, Juliane Wittig, Heike Höflich, Marc Eßer, Mahmoud Abbas, Georg Dieplinger, Katharina Stolle, Udo Vester, Peter F. Hoyer, Stephan Immenschuh, Andreas Heinold, Peter A. Horn, Wentian Li, Ute Eisenberger, Jan U. BeckerGet full text
Published 2018-04-01
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