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Ahmad Shuqairi

أحمد الشقيري

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Amman

Palestinian politician and diplomat (1908–1980), founder and first chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1964–1967). A lawyer in Mandate Palestine, he represented Palestine, Syria and Saudi Arabia at the United Nations and served as assistant secretary-general of the Arab League; he was the son of the Ottoman scholar-politician As'ad al-Shuqairi.

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Roles
Politician · Diplomat · lawyer
Region
Levant & Iraq
Identifiers
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Life in time

1875190019251950197520002025
The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abdul Hai Arifi · Abdullah Musawi Shirazi · Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali · Amadou Hampâté Bâ · Amin Ahsan Islahi

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    Child of
    As'ad al-Shuqairi
    Died in
    Amman

    People and things also explored

    Abdullah II of Jordan· Akram Zuaiter· Al-Albani, Muhammad Nasir al-Din· Eyad Qunaibi· Hanan Ashrawi· Hussein bin Abdullah· Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi· Hussein bin Talal

    Sources

    • Ahmad Shuqairi — English Wikipedia
    • Ahmad Shuqairi — Arabic Wikipedia
    • Ahmad Shukeiri — Wikidata
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    islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad Shuqairi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-shuqairi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-31.

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    King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since 7 February 1999, born in Amman in 1962, the eldest son of King Hussein. He served as an officer in the Jordanian Armed Forces and commander of its Special Forces before succeeding his father, and is known internationally for promoting interfaith dialogue through the Amman Message (2004) and as custodian of the Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem; he is the longest-serving current Arab leader.