Jibril Rajoub

Jibril Mahmoud Muhammad Rajoub (Arabic: جبريل رجوب; born 14 May 1953), also known by his kunya Abu Rami, is a Palestinian political leader, legislator, and former militant. He leads the Palestinian Football Association and the Palestine Olympic Committee. He was the head of the Preventive Security Force in the West Bank until being dismissed (along with the force's chief in Gaza, Ghazi Jabali) in 2002. He had been a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council until 2009 and was elected to the Fatah Central Committee at the party's 2009 congress, serving as Deputy-Secretary until 2017, before being elected Secretary General of the Central Committee in 2017.

Jibril Rajoub
Rajoub in 2007
President of the Palestinian Football Association
Assumed office
11 May 2008
Preceded byAhmed Al-Afifi
Chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee
Assumed office
20 December 2008
Preceded byAhmed al-Qudwa
Personal details
Born
Jibril Mahmoud Muhammad Rajoub

(1953-05-14) 14 May 1953
Dura, Hebron, Jordanian West Bank
NationalityPalestine
Political partyFatah
OccupationPolitician
Military service
RankMajor general
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