Mahmoud Labadi
Palestinian politician and journalist
Mahmoud Labadi (Arabic: محمود اللبدي; 1940–2014) was a Palestinian journalist, writer and politician who was a long-term spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). He left the post 1983 and began to work as a journalist until 1995. Then he served in different capacities for the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
Early life and education
Labadi was born in Haifa in 1940. He obtained his MA in economics in Germany.
Career and activities
Labadi joined the Fatah serving in its foreign relations office from 1974 and later, headed the office. He was among the members of the moderate faction within the Fatah in the late 1970s. He was named as an aide to the PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat in 1974 and remained in the post until 1983. He served as the head of the PLO’s Foreign Information Department in Lebanon between 1975 and 1982. He was appointed spokesperson of the PLO in 1975 which he held until 1983.
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