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Khaled Mashal
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Palestinian politician
Khaled Mashal is a Palestinian politician who has held prominent leadership roles in Palestinian political organizations. He is a significant figure in Palestinian politics whose actions and positions have influenced the direction of Palestinian affairs and international relations in the Middle East.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Khalid
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Palestine
- Place of birth
- Silwad
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- acting
- Educated at
- Kuwait University
- Political party
- Hamas
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Khaled Meshaal 01.jpg
- Residence
- Damascus
- Significant event
- Gaza war
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- date of birth
- 1956-05-28
- Commons category
- Khaled Mashal
- name in native language
- خالد مشعل
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Encyclopedic overview
Khaled Mashal (Arabic: خالد مشعل, romanized: Khālid Mashʿal, Levantine Arabic: [ˈχæːled ˈmeʃʕæl]; born 28 May 1956) is a Palestinian politician who served as the second chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from 1996 until May 2017, when he was succeeded by Ismail Haniyeh. He has been the acting leader of Hamas twice, from July 2024 until August 2024 and since October 2024, after both leaders were assassinated by Israel. He is regarded as one of the most prominent leaders of Hamas since the death of Ahmed Yassin, alongside Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar.
Mashal was born in Silwad in 1956. Israel's occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Six-Day War forced Mashal's family to flee Palestine. He has since lived in exile in other parts of the Arab world. For that reason, he was considered part of Hamas' "external leadership".
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