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Fuad Shemali

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Fuad Shemali
Leader of the Black September movement
Assumed office
1970s
Personal details
Born1936
Lebanon
DiedAugust 1972
Geneva
Political partySyrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), Fatah
Alma materUniversity of St. Joseph, Beirut

Fuad Shemali (in Arabic فؤاد الشمالي) alternatively Fouad El Chemali (in Arabic فؤاد الشمالي) was born in 1936 to a Lebanese Christian-Maronite family. He studied law at the University of St. Joseph in Beirut. He adhered to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) in 1951, joined Fatah in the 1960s and was a leader of the Black September movement in the 1970s. He died from cancer in Geneva in August 1972.

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