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Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: محمود عباس‎ Maḥmūd ʾAbbās) (born 26 March 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: ابو مازن‎), has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation since 11 November 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority on 15 January 2005 on the Fatah (فتح Fataḥ) ticket. Elected to serve until 9 January 2009, he unilaterally extended his term for another year. Rival political party Hamas announced it would not recognise the extension. Abbas was... read more

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