Taysir Khalid

Taysir Khalid (Arabic: تيسير خالد), also spelled as Tayseer Khaled, is a member and politburo, member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and a former member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He resigned in protest against the Oslo Accords in 1993.^[1] He was the party's candidate for the Palestinian presidential election in 2005. He gained 3.4% of the vote.^[2]

Taysir Khalid
Member of the Politburo of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Personal details
Born	Qaryut, Mandatory Palestine
Political party	Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Children	Fabian, Murad, Nadia, Nadeen, grandsons Omar and Rami

Khalid was born on 19 January 1941 in Qaryut, Mandatory Palestine, near Qabalan and as-Sawiya. His father Ahmad was a peasant who had four sons, Abbas, Jameel, Tareq and Taysir. He also had three sisters, Yosra, Myassar, and Nawal, who now lives in Amman/Zarqa, Jordan, two sons, Fabian and Murad and two daughters, Nadia and Nadeen, two grandsons Omar and Rami.

References

1. Rubin, Barry (2001). The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building. Harvard University Press. pp. 217, 251. ISBN 978-0-674-00717-8.
2. Banks, Arthur S.; Thomas C. Muller; William Overstreet (2008). Political Handbook of the World 2008. CQ Press. p. 1523. ISBN 978-0-87289-528-7.