Taysir Khalid (), also spelled as ''Tayseer Khaled'', is a member and

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, member of the

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(DFLP), and a former member of the

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. He resigned in protest against the

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in 1993. He was the party's candidate for the Palestinian presidential election in 2005. He gained 3.4% of the vote. Khalid was born on 19 January 1941 in

Qaryut Qaryout () is a Palestinian people, Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Qaryut had a population of 2,560 inhabit ...

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, near

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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

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, two sons, Fabian and Murad and two daughters, Nadia and Nadeen, two grandsons Omar and Rami.

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1941 births Living people Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine politicians People from Qaryut Members of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization {{Palestine-politician-stub