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When did Yasser Arafat become chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization?

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Yasser Arafat — Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), wearing the keffiyeh, 1996.

Yasser Arafat became the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1969 and served in that role until his death in 2004.1