Ramadan Shalah
Founder of PIJ (1958-2020)
Ramadan Abdullah Mohammed Shalah (1 January 1958 – 6 June 2020) was a Palestinian militant. He was the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) between 27 October 1995 and 2018. PIJ has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United States,[1] the European Union,[2] the United Kingdom,[3] Japan,[4] Canada,[5] Australia,[6] New Zealand[7][8] and Israel.
In 2006, he was placed on the United States FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list.
In April 2018, Shalah suffered a many strokes. He died on 6 June 2020 in Lebanon from heart surgery-related problems, aged 62.[9]
References
change- ↑ US – Office of Counterterrorism
- ↑ "List of organisations recognized as terrorist groups" (PDF). europa.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Terrorism Act 2000". 2000. number 11, article 2.
- ↑ "MoFA Japan" (PDF). mofa.go.jp. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ Public safety Canada Archived 19 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Palestinian Islamic Jihad". Australian National Security. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "Lists associated with Resolution 1373". New Zealand Police. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ↑ STATEMENT OF CASE TO RENEW THE DESIGNATION OF PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD (PIJ) AS A TERRORIST ENTITY, 2013
- ↑ "Former chief of Palestinian Islamic Jihad dies — report". The Times of Israel.
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