- NAME:
Mahmoud Abbas
- OCCUPATION:
Political Leader
- BIRTH DATE:
March 26, 1935
(Age: 77)
- EDUCATION:
University of Damascus,
Moscow State University
- PLACE OF BIRTH:
Zefat, Palestine [now Israel]
- AKA:
Abu Mazen
- ZODIAC SIGN:
Aries
Mahmoud Abbas was born on March 26, 1935, in Zefat, Palestine
(now Israel). In 1980, he became head of the Palestine Liberation
Organization’s international and national relations department. His
leadership of peace talks between Israel and Palestine led to the 1993
Oslo Peace Accords. He was elected president of the Palestinian
Authority in 2005, and became the unofficial president of the State of
Palestine in 2008.
