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Mahmoud Abbas

ވިކިޕީޑިއާ، މިނިވަން އެކުމާފާނުން
މަޙްމޫދު ޢައްބާސް
مَحْمُود عَبَّاس
ޢައްބާސް 2024 ވަނަ އަހަރު
2ވަނަ ފަލަސްޠީނުގެ ރައީސް
މަޤާމާ ހަވާލުވެވަޑައިގަތީ
15 ޖަނަވަރީ 2005
ބޮޑު ވަޒީރުSalam Fayyad
Rami Hamdallah
Mohammad Shtayyeh
Mohammad Mustafa
ނައިބު ރައީސްޙުސައިން އަލް-ޝައިޚް
ކުރިން ހުންނެވީYasser Arafat
Rawhi Fattouh (interim)
ފަހުން ވަޑައިގަތީ
2ވަނަ President of the Palestinian National Authority
މަޤާމާ ހަވާލުވެވަޑައިގަތީ
15 January 2005[lower-alpha 1]
ބޮޑު ވަޒީރުAhmed Qurei
Nabil Shaath (acting)
Ahmed Qurei
Ismail Haniyeh
Salam Fayyad[lower-alpha 2]
ކުރިން ހުންނެވީ
  • Yasser Arafat
  • Rawhi Fattouh (interim)
ފަހުން ވަޑައިގަތީ
4ވަނަ Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
މަޤާމާ ހަވާލުވެވަޑައިގަތީ
11 November 2004[lower-alpha 3]
ކުރިން ހުންނެވީYasser Arafat
ފަހުން ވަޑައިގަތީ
1ވަނަ Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
މަޤާމުގައި
19 March 2003  6 September 2003[3]
ރައީސްYasser Arafat
ކުރިން ހުންނެވީOffice established
ފަހުން ވަޑައިގަތީ
Ahmed Qurei
އުފަންވީ
Mahmoud Rida Abbas

(1935-11-15) 15 ނޮވެމްބަރ 1935 (90 އަހަރު )
Safed, then part of Mandatory Palestine
ސިޔާސީ ޕާޓީFatah
އަނބި ނުވަތަ ފިރިއާމިނަތު ޢައްބާސް
ދަރިން3, including Yasser
ދިރިއުޅެނީRamallah, West Bank[4]
މަތީތަޢުލީމު

Mahmoud Abbas (ފަންވަތް:Langx; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (ފަންވަތް:Langx, ފަންވަތް:Transliteration), is a Palestinian politician who has been serving as the second president of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) since 2005.[5] He has also been the fourth chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) since 2004. Abbas is also a member of the Fatah party and was elected the party's 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.[6][7][8] Nonetheless, Abbas is internationally recognized in his position(s) and Hamas and Fatah conducted numerous negotiations in the following years,[9] 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.[2] Abbas was chosen to continue serving as president by the PLO Central Council on 23 November 2008.[10]

Abbas served as the first prime minister of the Palestinian Authority from March to September 2003.[11] 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 trivialization.[12][13] Abbas was a key player in negotiations for peace and in talks laying the groundwork for the Israel–Palestine two-state solution.[14]

  1. Abbas's term as president expired 15 January 2009, after which Aziz Duwaik had been recognised as president by the Haniyeh government in the Gaza Strip, while Abbas is recognised as president by the Fayyad government in the West Bank and all the states that recognise the independence of Palestine, as well as the UN.[1] In April 2014, he was recognized by Haniyeh in the context of the Unity Government.[2]
  2. The position of Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority was abolished in 2013 and replaced by the prime minister of the State of Palestine. Fayyad is the last to hold the precursor position under Abbas.
  3. Acting: 29 October – 11 November 2004
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  2. 1 2 Keinon, Herb (10 May 2014). "Politics: Fatah-Hamas unity talks breed Likud harmony". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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  5. "Current talks 'last chance' for just peace with Israel, Palestinian leader tells UN". United Nations News Centre. 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  6. "Hamas: Abbas no longer president". United Press International. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  7. Abu Toameh, Khaled (14 December 2008). "Abbas planning to extend his own term". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  8. Abu Toameh, Khaled (9 January 2009). "Hamas: Abbas no longer heads PA". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  9. Abu Toameh, Khaled (5 March 2012). "'No political differences between Fatah, Hamas'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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  12. al-Omari, Ghaith (2023-10-19). "How the Palestinian Authority Failed Its People". The Atlantic (in English). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  13. Knell, Yolande (7 September 2023). "Outrage over Abbas's antisemitic speech on Jews and Holocaust". BBC News. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  14. "Mahmoud Abbas: Biography, Palestinian Authority, Two-State Solution, & Facts". Britannica (in English). 2025-02-10. Retrieved 2025-02-12.