Profile of Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority
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16 August 2024 11:25 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 13. Both leaders met in Moscow to discuss the current situation in the Middle East, as Tempo reported on August 13.
"Aside from discussing several urgent issues related to the further development of bilateral relations, the two presidents are expected to exchange views on the situation in the Middle East in light of the current escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip," Kremlin said in a Telegram messaging app.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has so far shown no signs of abating. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been working for peace in the Gaza Strip even before his presidency.
But who exactly is Abbas? Here is a short profile of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, cited from Aljazeera and Britannica.
Biography of Mahmoud Abbas
- Name: Mahmoud Abbas
- Also known as Abu Mazen
- Born: 1935 (age 89), Safed, Palestine (now in Israel)
Mahmoud Abbas was born in 1935 in Safed—a mixed Arab-Jewish town, which is now a part of Israel's occupation area. He then fled with his family to Syria during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Despite living in exile, Abbas still managed to earn a law degree. Mahmoud Abbas fulfilled his education at the University of Damascus.
In 1982, he completed his doctoral degree after defending his dissertation at the Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow, Russia.
This Palestinian leader, who is also a book author, is married to Amina Abbas. They have three kids from the marriage.
