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Who succeeded Yasser Arafat as chairman of the PLO and president of the Palestinian Authority?
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Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), wearing the keffiyeh, 1996.
Following the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004, Mahmoud Abbas succeeded him as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In January 2005, Abbas was elected to succeed Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority.123