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Tawfik al-Tirawi | |
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| Head of Palestinian General Intelligence | |
| In office 28 August 2007 – 21 November 2008 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Sami al-Saadi |
| Succeeded by | Majed Faraj |
| Security adviser to the President | |
| In office 28 August 2007 – 8 December 2009 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Jibril Rajoub |
| Succeeded by | Ziad Abu Amr |
| Chairman of Fatah's Commission for Intellectual Mobilization and Studies | |
| In office 2013–Present | |
| Head of Palestinian Authority Intelligence in the West Bank | |
| In office 1994–2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1948 Tira, Mandatory Palestine |
| Political party | Fatah |
| Education |
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General Tawfik Mohammed Hussein al-Tirawi (Arabic: توفيق الطيراوي) is a Fatah official who led the investigation into the death of former President Yasser Arafat.[1] He served as the head of Palestinian Authority Intelligence in the West Bank from 1994 to 2008.[2][3]
Tirawi, the head of Fatah's Commission for Intellectual Mobilization and Studies, was elected to the Central Committee at the sixth Fatah convention in 2009.[3]
- ^ Khaled Abu Toameh. "'Palestinian commission of inquiry identifies suspect who poisoned Arafat'". Jpost.
- ^ Ofira Seliktar (2009). Doomed to Failure?: The Politics and Intelligence of the Oslo Peace Process. ABC-CLIO. p. 58.
- ^ a b Amira Hass. "Former Palestinian Spymaster: Only Solution Is a Single Palestinian State". Haaretz.