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Nizar Rayan

1959 - 2009

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Nizar Rayan (Arabic: نزار ريان, Nɩzár Rɑȋán, also transliterated Rayyan; 6 March 1959 – 1 January 2009) was a high-ranking Hamas leader who served as a liaison between the Palestinian organization's political leadership and its military wing. Also a professor of Islamic law, he became a top Islamic cleric within Hamas after the death of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 2004. Rayan was a strong promoter between 1994 and 2004 of suicide bombings on Israel, and his son killed himself on one such mission. Rayan and most of his family were killed in an Israeli airstrike during the Gaza War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nizar Rayan is the 15,925th most popular politician (down from 13,399th in 2019). (down from 3,517th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Nizar Rayan ranks 15,925 out of 19,576. Before him are Ashur-nirari I, Aden Madobe, Stefanie Clausen, Michel Roger, Ritt Bjerregaard, and Hédi Annabi. After him are Juan Antonio Escurra, Sitara Achakzai, Moctar Ouane, Alfonso Guerra, Anita Gradin, and Walter Thurnherr.

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Among people born in 1959, Nizar Rayan ranks 353. Before him are Alexei Kasatonov, Tracey Ullman, Brilliant Dadashova, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, Viktor Chanov, and Chrissy Amphlett. After him are Lobo Carrasco, John Patitucci, James LoMenzo, Ramón Calderé, Luis Pérez-Sala, and Clayton Anderson. Among people deceased in 2009, Nizar Rayan ranks 299. Before him are Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Kálmán Markovits, Heini Walter, Peter Arundell, Jackie Pretorius, and Anna-Maria Müller. After him are Francisco Valdés, Sitara Achakzai, Alan A'Court, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Guillermo Ortiz, and Shōichi Nakagawa.

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