Taysir Khalid (Arabic: تيسير خالد), also spelled as Tayseer Khaled, is a member and politburo, member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and a former member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He resigned in protest against the Oslo Accords in 1993.[1] He was the party's candidate for the Palestinian presidential election in 2005. He gained 3.4% of the vote.[2]
Taysir Khalid | |
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| Member of the Politburo of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine | |
| Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Qaryut, Mandatory Palestine |
| Political party | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
| Children | Fabian, Murad, Nadia, Nadeen, grandsons Omar and Rami |
Khalid was born on 19 January 1941 in Qaryut, Mandatory Palestine, near Qabalan and as-Sawiya. His father Ahmad was a peasant who had four sons, Abbas, Jameel, Tareq and Taysir. He also had three sisters, Yosra, Myassar, and Nawal, who now lives in Amman/Zarqa, Jordan, two sons, Fabian and Murad and two daughters, Nadia and Nadeen, two grandsons Omar and Rami.
References
edit- ^ Rubin, Barry (2001). The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building. Harvard University Press. pp. 217, 251. ISBN 978-0-674-00717-8.
- ^ Banks, Arthur S.; Thomas C. Muller; William Overstreet (2008). Political Handbook of the World 2008. CQ Press. p. 1523. ISBN 978-0-87289-528-7.
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