Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944) is a Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician who was a long-term member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian National Council.
[2] Abdul Rahman completed his Ph.D. studies in 1973 and obtained a Ph.D. degree from University of Calgary, Canada.
[1][2] His thesis is entitled Military bureaucracy, politics and society in Egypt: The era of Nasir.
[1] Abdul Rahman later left the PFLP and became an independent member of the PLO's executive committee.
[7] Abdul Rahman lives in Jordan and serves as the executive director of the Palestine International Institute.