List of Fatah members

The following is a list of members of Fatah, a major Palestinian political party and militia founded sometime between 1958-1959. The list includes leaders, militants, commanders, governors, mayors and financiers that are associated with Fatah and its several various branches.

## List of Fatah founders and early recruits

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### Founders

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* Yasser Arafat[1]
* Khalil al-Wazir[1]

### First-wave recruits

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* Salah Khalaf[1]
* Kamal Adwan[1]
* Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar[1]
* Walid Ahmad Nimr al-Hassan (Abu Ali Iyad)[1]
* Khaled al-Hassan[1]
* Fakhri Al Omari[2]
* Salim al-Za'nun[1]
* Assad Saftawi[3]
* Khaled Yashruti[4]

### Second-wave recruits

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* Faruq al-Qaddumi[1]
* Mahmoud Abbas[1]
* Mamdouh Saidam[1]
* Nimr Saleh[1]
* Hayel Abdul Hamid[1]
* Hani al-Hassan[1]
* Muhammad Ghoneim[1]
* Ahmed Qurei[1]
* Majed Abu Sharar[1]
* Abbas Zaki[1]
* Nabil Shaath[1]

## List of other senior members

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* Ahmad Abdel Rahman
* Atef Abu Bakr[5]
* Hakam Balawi
* Hikmat Zaid (former minister, governor, ambassador, and advisor)
* Rawhi Fattouh
* Faisal Husseini
* Naim Khader[6]
* Adnan Ghaith
* Anis al-Qaq (former deputy minister and ambassador)
* Naif Abu-Sharah (militant commander of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade branch)
* Fathi Arafat
* Moussa Arafat (former head of Fatah security forces)
* Mahmoud Labadi (PLO spokesman)
* Marwan Barghouti (head of Tanzim branch)
* Mohammed Dahlan (head of Fatah security forces) (terminated by Mahmoud Abbas)
* Saeb Erakat (adviser)
* Abdullah Franji[7]
* Hanna Mikhail[8]
* Ezzedine Kalak[9]
* Nihad Nusseibeh
* Qadura Fares (governor)
* Sakher Habash
* Uri Davis
* Ilan Halevi
* Ghazi al-Jabali
* Imil Jarjoui (mayor)
* Fadi Kafisha
* Salwa Abu Khadra
* Jibril Rajoub (mayor)
* Ali Hassan Salameh (head of Black September and Force 17 branches)
* Jamal Abu Samhadana
* Sirhan Sirhan (militant associated with al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades branch)
* Yahya Skaf (militant)
* Zakaria Zubeidi (militant commander of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Branch)
* Zakaria al-Agha Head of Fateh in Gaza Strip (mayor)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I) 1957-1990". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question. Institute of Palestinian Studies.
2. ^ Ilan Pappe; Johnny Mansour, eds. (2022). Historical Dictionary of Palestine (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 458\. ISBN 978-1-5381-1986-0.
3. ^ Beverly Milton-Edwards; et al. (2013). Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement. Cambridge and Malden, CA: Polity Press. p. 309\. ISBN 978-0-7456-5468-3.
4. ^ Subhash Singh (2014). "The Battle of Karameh: A Landmark in the Palestine-Israel Conflict". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 75 (4): 772. JSTOR 26575554.
5. ^ Patrick Seale (1993). Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire. London: Arrow. p. 53\. ISBN 9780099225713.
6. ^ "Naim Khader". All4Palestine. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
7. ^ "Interview with Fatah Leader Abdallah Frangi: "The Israeli Threat Makes us Stick Together"". Der Spiegel. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
8. ^ Qassam Muaddi (29 December 2021). "The role of Palestinian Christians in shaping Palestine". The New Arab. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
9. ^ "Biography. Ezzedine Kalak". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question.