Saeb Erekat
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Palestinian diplomat (1955–2020)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Yasser Abed Rabbo
- Succeeded by
- Hussein al-Sheikh
- Majority
- 31,501
- Prime minister
- Ahmed Qurei
- President
- Yasser Arafat
- Born
- Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat , ( 1955-04-28 ) 28 April 1955, Abu Dis , Jordanian-administered West Bank, Palestine
- Died
- 10 November 2020 (2020-11-10) (aged 65), Jerusalem
- Party
- Fatah
- Spouse
- Neameh Erekat ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 3 September 1981</span>"}]]}'>1981 ; died 10 November 2020</span>"}]]}'>2020 )
- Relatives
- Noura Erakat (niece), Yousef Erakat (nephew), Ahmad Erekat (nephew)
- Alma mater
- City College of San Francisco , San Francisco State University , University of Bradford
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Abu Dis
- Place of death
- Jerusalem
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Educated at
- University of Bradford
- Employer
- An-Najah National University
- Political party
- Fatah
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Saeb Erekat December 2014.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- social media followers
- 32878
- Commons category
- Saeb Erekat
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- Saeb Erekat
- date of birth
- 1955-04-28
- date of death
- 2020-11-10
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- writing language
- English language
- nickname
- شيطان أريحا
- pseudonym
- أبو علي
- name in native language
- صائب محمد صالح عريقات
- place of burial
- Jericho
- date of burial or cremation
- 2020-11-11
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat (also Erikat, Erakat or Arekat; Arabic: صائب محمد صالح عريقات, romanized: Ṣāʾib ʿUrayqāt, Palestinian Arabic: ʿRēqāt; 28 April 1955 – 10 November 2020) was a Palestinian politician and diplomat who was the secretary general of the executive committee of the PLO from 2015 until his death in 2020. He served as chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee until 12 February 2011. He participated in early negotiations with Israel and remained chief negotiator from 1995 until May 2003, when he resigned in protest from the Palestinian government. He reconciled with the party and was reappointed to the post in September 2003. Erekat died in the Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem of complications from COVID-19 on 10 November 2020, at the age of 65.
Personal life and education
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