Abdel-Rahim Ahmed

Ahmed was born in a village, Haditha, Mandatory Palestine, in 1944.^[1] His family left the village and settled in Jordan after the Nakba in 1948.^[2] He was a graduate of Damascus University where he obtained a degree in agriculture.^[1]

Ahmed joined the military struggle against Israel when he was a teenager.^[2] He was a cofounder of the Baghdad-based ALF which was established in April 1969 and became part of the PLO in July that year.^[3][4] He was named as the general secretary of the ALF in 1975 which he held until his death in 1991.^[3] After his term the ALF experienced a significant division between pro-Iraqi and pro-Yasser Arafat groups.^[4] He was elected to the executive committee of the PLO.^[5]

Ahmed was married and had four children, three daughters and a son.^[1]

Ahmed died of brain and lung cancer at his home in Amman, Jordan, at age 47 on 30 June 1991.^[1][2] He was buried in Amman.^[1]