Muhammad al-Qudwa

{{Short description|Palestinian politician (1946–2021)}}

{{for|the Palestinian leader initially known as Muhammad al-Qudwa|Yasser Arafat}}

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| name = Muhammad al-Qudwa

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| birth_date = 6 August 1946

| birth_place = Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|12|16|1946|08|06}}

| death_place = Cairo, Egypt

| nationality = Palestinian

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| office = Governor of the Gaza Governorate

| term_start = 13 August 1996

| term_end = July 2014

| predecessor = Office established

| successor = Abdullah Franji

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Muhammad Salem Arafat al-Qudwa ({{langx|ar|محمد القدوة}}; 6 August 1946 – 16 December 2021) was a Palestinian politician.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=16 December 2021|title=الرئيس ينعى محافظ غزة الأسبق محمد القدوة|trans-title= |url=https://www.pal24.net/news/192056.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217220301/https://www.pal24.net/news/192056.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 December 2021|language=Arabic|work=pal24.net|location= |access-date=19 December 2021}} He served as the first Governor of the Gaza Governorate from 1996 to 2014.{{cite web |author=Pixinvent |url=https://library.lab.pna.ps/records/attachmentdetails/25414/2 |title=Libsys Opac |publisher= |date=3 January 2021 |accessdate=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103193429/https://library.lab.pna.ps/records/attachmentdetails/25414/2 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |url-status=dead}} Al-Qudwa was an advisor to Yasser Arafat.{{cite news|url=https://www.alhaya.ps/ar/Article/126859/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%82-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87|title=الرئيس يهاتف زوجة محافظ غزة الأسبق محمد القدوة معزيا بوفاته|date=16 December 2021|work=Al-Hayat|access-date=18 December 2021|language=ar}}