RAMALLAH: Palestinian national fighter Faruq al-Qaddumi, one of the historical leaders who co-founded the contemporary Palestinian revolution and the Fatah movement, passed away this afternoon in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
Al-Qaddumi, also known by his kunya, Abu Al-Lutuf, was born in the village of Jinsafut in the Qalqilya governorate in 1931. He studied primary school at Jinsafut and Al-Manshiya school in the city of Jaffa, and secondary school at Al-Amiriya in the city of Jaffa, and obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics from the American University in Cairo in 1958.
Al-Qadduumi became involved in political work at an early stage in his life; he met Yasser Arafat and Salah Khalaf while studying in Egypt, and participated in the founding of the Fatah movement alongside the late President Yasser Arafat, Khalil Al-Wazir, President Mahmoud Abbas, and Salah Khalaf.
He was one of the writers for Fatah movement`s magazine “Our Palestine”, a member of its Central Committee since 1965, its representative i
n Cairo, and its foreign relations officer, and served as Secretary of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement.
Al-Qaddoumi became a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1969, a member of the National Council, and head of the Political Department of the PLO in 1973, and head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the PLO in 1989. He contributed to developing the organization’s relations with the Arab countries, the Soviet Union, and many other countries of the world.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA