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Saeb Erekat

1955 - 2020

Saeb Erekat

Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat (also Erikat, Erakat or Arekat; Arabic: صائب محمد صالح عريقات, romanized: Ṣāʾib ʿUrayqāt, Palestinian Arabic: ʿRēqāt; 28 April 1955 – 10 November 2020) was a Palestinian politician and diplomat who was the secretary general of the executive committee of the PLO from 2015 until his death in 2020. He served as chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee until 12 February 2011. He participated in early negotiations with Israel and remained chief negotiator from 1995 until May 2003, when he resigned in protest from the Palestinian government. He reconciled with the party and was reappointed to the post in September 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saeb Erekat is the 14,310th most popular politician (down from 12,450th in 2019). (down from 3,142nd in 2019)

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Among politicians, Saeb Erekat ranks 14,310 out of 19,576. Before him are Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou, Eleanor of Normandy, Georges Bonnet, Paul von Hintze, Alexandros Papanastasiou, and Murtaza Rakhimov. After him are Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Gerald Patterson, Sigurd Haakonsson, Timothy Pickering, Mariela Castro, and Stefan Konstantin.

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HPI: 56.72
Rank: 14,310
Eleanor of Normandy
1010 - 1071
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 14,311
Georges Bonnet
1889 - 1973
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 14,312
Paul von Hintze
1864 - 1941
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 14,313
Alexandros Papanastasiou
1876 - 1936
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 14,314
Murtaza Rakhimov
1934 - 2023
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14,315
Saeb Erekat
1955 - 2020
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14,316
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14,317
Gerald Patterson
1895 - 1967
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14,318
Sigurd Haakonsson
895 - 962
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14,319
Timothy Pickering
1745 - 1829
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14,320
Mariela Castro
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14,321
Stefan Konstantin
1282 - 1322
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 14,322