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Abdul-Latif Arabiyat

Jordanian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 22, 2025
Entity authorityQ12223307 ↗
Source-derived summary

Abdul-Latif Arabiyat (died 26 April 2019) was a Jordanian politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Abdul-Latif Arabiyat” as jordanian politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Abdul-Latif, Arabiyat and Jordanian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2019, 1990, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1933-12-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Abdul-Latif, Arabiyat and Jordanian providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 22, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q12223307. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2019, 1990 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Abdul-Latif Arabiyat” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.