Jibril rajoub biography definition

Palestinian politician (born )

Jibril Mahmoud Muhammad Rajoub (Arabic: جبريل محمود محمد الرجوب; born 14 May ), also known by his kunyaAbu Rami (أبو رامي),^[1] is a Palestinian political leader, legislator, and former militant.

He leads the Palestinian Football Association and the Palestine Olympic Committee.^[2] He was the head of the Preventive Security Force in the West Bank until being dismissed (along with the force's chief in Gaza, Ghazi Jabali) in ^[3][4] He had been a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council until ^[5] and was elected to the Fatah Central Committee at the party's congress,^[2] serving as Deputy-Secretary until ,^[5] before being elected Secretary General of the Central Committee in ^[6]

Biography

Early years

Rajoub was born in the town of Dura, near Hebron.

In , he was arrested by Shin Bet at age 15 on suspicion of aiding fleeing Egyptian officers, and spent