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Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), wearing the keffiyeh, 1996.
Yasser Arafat was elected president of the Palestinian Authority on January 20, 1996, during the first elections held in PA-administered areas.12