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Most Famous Palestinian Politicians & Lawyers

398 YA

Yasser Arafat Palestinian Politician 1929–2004

4,249 MA

Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian Politician b. 1935

21,731 AY

Ahmed Yassin Palestinian Politician 1937–2004

45,485 KM

Khaled Mashal Palestinian Politician b. 1956

45,915 IH

Ismail Haniyeh Palestinian Politician b. 1963

50,867 AQ

Ahmed Qurei Palestinian Politician b. 1937

67,541 MB

Marwan Barghouti Palestinian Politician b. 1959

70,107 AS

Ahmad Shukeiri Palestinian Politician 1908–1980

104,219 RH

Rami Hamdallah Palestinian Politician b. 1958

119,403 AA Abu Ali Mustafa Palestinian Politician 1938–2001

136,309 FK

Farouk Kaddoumi Palestinian Politician b. 1931

139,945 AS

Ahmad Sa'adat Palestinian Politician b. 1953

155,861 JR

Jibril Rajoub Palestinian Politician b. 1953

165,733 AT

Ahed Tamimi Palestinian Activist b. 2001

167,485 SS Salah Shehade Palestinian Politician 1953–2002

179,112 KN

Kamal Nasser Palestinian Politician 1925–1973

204,074 RS

Ramadan Shalah Palestinian Politician 1958–2020

272,953 AJ

Ahmed Jibril Palestinian Politician b. 1938

335,101 MM

Mohammad Mustafa (economist) Palestinian Politician b. 1954

432,730 OA Omar Abd al-Razaq Palestinian Politician b. 1958

461,714 RF Rawhi Fattouh Palestinian Politician b. 1949

501,237 MH Mahmoud Hamchari Palestinian Politician 1939–1973

529,758 AA

Azzam al-Ahmad Palestinian Politician b. 1948

556,920 YH Yahya Hammuda Palestinian Politician 1908–2006

578,881 SZ

Shlomo Zalman Shragai Palestinian Politician 1899–1995

606,947 JA Jamal Abu Samhadana Palestinian Politician 1963–2006

631,162 MA Muhammad Abu Tir Palestinian Politician b. 1951

664,568 MS

Mohammad Shtayyeh Palestinian Politician b. 1958

664,955 IA Ismail Abu Shanab Palestinian Politician 1950–2003

805,176 HA Hassan Abdel Rahman Palestinian Diplomat b. 1944

838,461 JA Jamal al-Jamal Palestinian Diplomat 1957–2014

914,033 GA Ghazi al-Jabali Palestinian Police b. 1946

933,657 JM Jamil Majdalawi Palestinian Politician b. 1940

937,700 ST

Samer Tariq Issawi Palestinian Politician b. 1979

938,967 NT

Nibal Thawabteh Palestinian Activist

1,030,034 AO Alex Odeh Palestinian Activist 1944–1985

1,045,716 FH Fathi Hamad Palestinian Politician b. 1961

1,166,347 AZ Abbas Zaki Palestinian Politician b. 1942

1,175,041 FM

Faed Mustafa Palestinian Diplomat b. 1965

1,233,535 MA

Mu'in al-Madi Palestinian Politician d. 1957

1,336,018 HB

Hakam Balawi Palestinian Politician 1939–2020

1,356,410 AY

Ahmad Yamani Palestinian Politician 1924–2011

1,412,831 AH

Abdel Hafiz Nofal Palestinian Politician b. 1951

1,476,123 TK Taysir Khalid Palestinian Politician b. 1941

1,731,170 AA

Abdel-Razak al-Yehiyeh Palestinian Politician 1929–2020

1,804,497 HR Hadem Rida Palestinian Mayor

1,980,158 HA

Hussein al-Araj Palestinian Politician b. 1951

2,082,632 AA Ali al-Sartawi Palestinian Politician b. 1967

2,236,078 AH Abelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar Palestinian Activist

2,393,400 AZ

Adel Zawati Palestinian Politician 1920–1984

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Inside Palestine Politicians & Lawyers

53 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous palestine politicians & lawyers born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Palestine Politicians & Lawyers peaked in the 1950s with 15 people.

What Palestine Politicians & Lawyers Are Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive

Politician are Palestine Politicians & Lawyers's biggest group — 81% of all notables (43).

Palestine Politicians & Lawyers over-index on politician — 4.8× the global rate.

Politician4381%
Activist47.5%
Diplomat35.7%
Mayor23.8%
Police11.9%

Politician434.8×