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| Abdel-Razak al-Yehiyeh | |
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| Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In office June 2007 – May 2009 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Prime Minister | Salam Fayyad |
| Preceded by | Hani Talab al-Qawasmi |
| Succeeded by | Said Abu Ali |
| In office June 15, 2002 – Late 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Hani al-Hassan |
| Succeeded by | Nasser Yousef |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1929 Tantura, British Mandate of Palestine |
| Died | 9 March 2020 (aged 90) |
| Children | 4 daughters and 1 son from his first marriage; 1 daughter and 1 son from his second marriage |
| Occupation | Politician, Military strategist, Author |
Abdel-Razak al-Yehiyeh or Abdul-Razzaq Al-Yahya (March 15, 1929 – March 9, 2020) born in Tantura, near Haifa, then in the British Mandate of Palestine, also known as Abu Anas, was a Palestinian politician who served as Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
Al-Yehiyeh trained as a military strategist and served as chief operations officer and then deputy chief-of-staff of the PLA brigade in Syria before 1967. In August 1968, he led an attempt to make PLA Syria brigades more independent of Syrian control, and was made PLA chief-of-staff by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee. But with Syria opposed, he resigned to become military advisor to the PLO Executive Committee from 1969 and chief-of-staff of the Palestinian Armed Struggle Command (PASC) in February 1969.
He was reappointed to the PLA as commander-in-chief by the PLO Executive Committee in June 1969. Then when Yasser Arafat took on that role in September 1970, al-Yehiyeh became chief-of-staff of all Palestinian forces.
Due to Syrian pressure, he was replaced in 1971, becoming director of the PLO's political department from 1971 to 1976, He was a member of the PLO Executive Committee from 1984 to 1991. Al-Yehiyeh headed security committees in talks with Israel from 1993 to 1995, including final status talks, and also headed negotiations on Hebron security arrangements and safe passage.
He was appointed as Interior Minister of the Palestinian Authority in June 2002, charged with overhauling Palestinian security forces. He was a member of the three-man delegation to Washington in August 2000. He was involved in security talks with Israel, and headed a centralized security apparatus for the Palestinian Authority.
Al-Yehiyeh left the PA cabinet in late 2002, feeling that Arafat had prevented him from making any significant reforms. He published his book Between militarism and politics in 2006, and he was working on publishing a new book about peace negotiations between the Palestinian National Authority PNA and Israel.
He was appointed Interior Minister on June 15, 2007.
Private life
From his first marriage, he had 4 daughters: Jomana, Lina, Roula and Rejwan. After the death of his first wife, he remarried and had a daughter Rana, and a son, Anas.
References
- ^ "وفاة عبد الرزاق اليحيى وزير الداخلية الفلسطينية الأسبق". دنيا الوطن (in Arabic). 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "Al-YAHYA, ABDUL RAZEQ (1929-)". The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA). Archived from the original on 13 April 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- "LUNCHEON FORUM WITH GENERAL ABDEL RAZAK AL-YAHYA INTERIOR MINISTER OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Saban Center for Middle East Policy. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "New Palestinian interior minister a retired military man". CNN. 10 June 2002. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- Al-Yahya, Abdul Razzaq (2006). عبد الرزاق اليحيى : بين العسكرية و السياسة : ذكريات [Abdul Razzaq Al-Yahya Between Militarism and Politics (Memories)] (in Arabic). Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine: Palestinian Refugee and Diaspora Center (SHAML). ISBN 9789950315068.
External links
- Sedan, Gil, "Israel doubts Arafat will deliver on reform efforts", Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Friday June 7, 2002. Archived from Original March 16, 2006.
- "New Palestinian interior minister a retired military man", CNN. June 10, 2002. (Name misspelt)
- " Palestinian Personalities", The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA). Archived April 13, 2007.
- " Jewish Virtual Library ".
- " Times Magazine ", full text.
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