Abdel-Rahim Ahmed
{{Short description|Palestinian politician (1944ā1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1944
| birth_place = Haditha, Mandatory Palestine
| death_date = {{death date and age|30 June 1991|1944|df=y}}
| death_place = Amman, Jordan
| burial_place = Amman, Jordan
| party =
| children = 4
| occupation =
| alma_mater = Damascus University
| years_active = 1950sā1991
| spouse =
}}
Abdel-Rahim Ahmed (1944ā1991) was a Palestinian politician who was one of the founders of the Arab Liberation Front (ALF). He served as a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) executive committee.
Biography
Ahmed was born in a village, Haditha, Mandatory Palestine, in 1944. His family left the village and settled in Jordan after the Nakba in 1948. He was a graduate of Damascus University where he obtained a degree in agriculture.
Ahmed joined the military struggle against Israel when he was a teenager.{{cite news|title=Abdel-Rahim Ahmed; Leader of Arab Liberation Front|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=1 July 1991|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-07-01-mn-1045-story.html
|access-date=30 December 2023}} He was a cofounder of the Baghdad-based ALF which was established in April 1969 and became part of the PLO in July that year.{{cite web|title=Arab Liberation Front (Palestine)|url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ps%7Dalf.html |website=fotw.info|access-date=30 December 2023|quote=citing GlobalSecurity.org}}{{cite web|title=Arab Liberation Front|website=encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/arab-liberation-front-alf-arabic-jabhat-al-tahrir-al-arabiya|quote=Citing Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict}} He was named as the general secretary of the ALF in 1975 which he held until his death in 1991. After his term the ALF experienced a significant division between pro-Iraqi and pro-Yasser Arafat groups. He was elected to the executive committee of the PLO.{{cite journal| author=Cheryl A. Rubenberg|title=The Civilian Infrastructure of the Palestine Liberation Organization: An Analysis of the PLO in Lebanon until June 1982|journal=Journal of Palestine Studies|volume=12|issue=3|date=Spring 1983|jstor=2536151|doi=10.2307/2536151|page=59}}
Ahmed was married and had four children, three daughters and a son.
Ahmed died of brain and lung cancer at his home in Amman, Jordan, at age 47 on 30 June 1991. He was buried in Amman.{{cite news|title=Abdel-Rahim Ahmed, A P.L.O. Leader, 47|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 July 1991|access-date=30 December 2023|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/01/world/abdel-rahim-ahmed-a-plo-leader-47.html|page=B10}}
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Category:20th-century Palestinian politicians
Category:Arab people in Mandatory Palestine
Category:Members of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Category:Palestinian emigrants to Jordan
Category:Damascus University alumni
Category:Deaths from cancer in Jordan