Sakher Habash
Sakher Habash | |
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| Born | Yahya Habash 10 November 1939 |
| Died | 1 November 2009 (age 69) |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Occupation | Geologist |
| Years active | 1960s-2009 |
Yahya Sakher Habash (
Early years and education
Habash was born in
Political career
He became a Palestinian nationalist in the early 1960s and joined Fatah in 1962, being responsible for recruitment. He was appointed Fatah regional command in Lebanon in October 1972. He went to exile with Arafat during the 1970s.[3] Habash served as the ambassador of Palestine in the Soviet Union between 1984 and 1985. He was a member of the Fatah Central Committee from August 1989 to August 2009. He was also a writer, a poet and an artist. Habash served as the movement's general deputy of intellectual affairs.[2]
Death
He died of a stroke in the West Bank on 1 November 2009 and was survived by his wife and four children (three sons and a daughter).[3]
Honors
Habash was posthumously awarded on October 5, 2013 with the Star of Jerusalem Medal, the highest medal bestowed by the Palestinian authority.
References
- ^ a b c "Habash, Sakhr". Passia. Archived from the original on 28 January 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Fatah co-founder Habash dead at 70". Ma'an News Agency. 1 November 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Founding Fatah leader Sakher Habash dies in West Bank". Haaretz. AP. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
External links
- Sakher Habash's website
- Fatah's Intellectual office website
- President Abbas awards Sakher Habash with the Star of Jerusalem Medal Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
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