Ahmad Shukeiri (1908 - 1980), also Al-Shuqeiry, Shukeiry, etc., was born in Lebanon to an Palestinian father and a Turkish mother. After studying law in Jerusalem, he became a member of the Syrian delegation to the United Nations, 1949-1951. He then became assistant Secretary General for the Arab League, 1950-1956, Saudi ambassador to the UN, 1957-1962, and first Chairman of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization), 1964-1967 (succeeded by Yasser Arafat).
Ahmad Shukeiri (Jan 1 1908–Feb 26 1980) (Arabic أحمد الشقيري, also transcribed al-Shuqayri, Shuqeiri, Shukeiry etc.), was the first Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization from 1964–1967.
Shukeiri was born in Lebanon to a Palestinian father (Sheikh As'ad Shuqeiry, 1860–1940, MP for Acre elected at the Ottoman Parliament in 1908 and 1912[1]), and a Turkish mother.
After studying law in Jerusalem, he became a member of the Syrian delegation to the United Nations from 1949 to 1951.
Shuqeiri was discredited in the West as an extremist.
President Yasir Arafat's wife, Soha Arafat, made the point candidly in a newspaper interview, where she accused the President's close advisors (all of whom are returnees) of being corrupt and authoritarian, and thus tarnishing his image.
But its head, speaker Ahmad Qrei', a returnee who was elected to the PLC from Jerusalem, in turn heavily dominates that body.
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