Mohammed Hassan Milhim ( ar, محمد حسن ملحم; 4 September 1929 – 17 July 2021) was a Palestinian politician, who served as mayor of

Halhul Halhul ( ar, حلحول, transliteration: ''Ḥalḥūl'') is a Palestinian city located in the southern West Bank, north of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. The town, bordered by Sa'ir and Ash-Shuyukh to the east, Bei ...

. He graduated from the

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with a certificate in

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in 1974. He was elected mayor of Halhul in 1976. In 1980 he was exiled from the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

for being a member of the

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and was allowed back 12 years later. He served as

Yasser Arafat Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...

's consultant and several roles in the Palestinian Ministry of Education.

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1929 births 2021 deaths Mayors of places in the State of Palestine Palestine Liberation Organization members People from Halhul Lebanese University alumni {{Palestine-mayor-stub