Salim al-Za'nun (; 28 December 1933 – 14 December 2022), also known as Salim Zanoun or Abu al-Adib, was a Palestinian politician.
He served as the chairman of the
Palestinian National Council
The Palestinian National Council (PNC; ) is the legislative body - in Arabic, the ''Majlis'' - of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The PNC is intended to serve as the parliament that represents all Palestinians inside and outside th ...
from 1993.
Al-Za'nun was one of the founders of the
Fatah
Fatah ( ; ), formally the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (), is a Palestinian nationalist and Arab socialist political party. It is the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and ...
party, and remained a member of its
central committee.
Al-Za'nun was born in
Gaza
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* Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
** Gaza City, a city in the Gaza Strip
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on 28 December 1933. He began studying law at
Cairo University
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in 1955. He obtained a diploma in law in 1957, and a diploma in politics and economy in 1958. He was elected by general assent to the presidency of the PNC in 1996, at its 21st Session held in Gaza. He assumed the rotating chairmanship of the
Arab Parliament
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at its 16th Congress in March 2010.
On February 8, 2020, al-Za'nun called on Arab countries during an extraordinary meeting of the
Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union
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in Amman, to throw more weight behind the Palestinian people, including material, political and parliamentary backing, and to oppose the recently unveiled
US move.
Death
Al-Za'nun died on 14 December 2022, at the age of 89 in Amman, Jordan.
He is buried at Sahab Cemetery located in
Amman
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.
See also
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List of Fatah members
The following is a list of members of Fatah, a major Palestinian people, Palestinian political party and militia founded sometime between 1958-1959. The list includes leaders, militants, commanders, governors, mayors and financiers that are associa ...
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Salah Al-Zawawi
Salah Al-Zawawi or among Iranians Salah Zawawi (; 1937 – February 20, 2023) was born in Palestine and was the ambassador of the Palestinian government in Iran. He was the second ambassador of Palestine in Iran after Hani al-Hassan and held th ...
References
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Photograph on ''The Jordan Times''
1933 births
2022 deaths
Central Committee of Fatah members
Palestinian politicians
People from Gaza City
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