George Habash
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George Habash (arabic جورج حبش)(also known by his nom-de-guerre Al-Hakim) (1925- ) a leading Palestinian politician, he was the general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine from 1967 until 2000, when he stepped down due to illness.
He was born in Lydda to a Greek Orthodox family. The family became refugees during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Habash was a medical student at The American University of Beirut, subsequent to graduation he worked in Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. He was a founding member of the Arab Nationalist Movement. After the Six-Day War he helped found the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Habash resides in Damascus, Syria.
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