Muhammad Salem Arafat al-Qudwa ( ar, محمد القدوة; 6 August 1946 – 16 December 2021) was a Palestinian politician. He served as the first Governor of the

Gaza Governorate The Gaza Governorate ( ar, محافظة غزة '), also alternatively known as Gaza City Governorate, is one of the 16 Governorates of Palestine, located in the north central Gaza Strip. Gaza is claimed by the State of Palestine, but the land is ...

from 1996 to 2014. Al-Qudwa was an advisor to

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 ...

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1946 births 2021 deaths Palestinian politicians Governors of Gaza Governorate People from Jaffa {{Palestine-politician-stub