| Birth Date: | 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Haditha, Mandatory Palestine |
| Death Place: | Amman, Jordan |
| Burial Place: | Amman, Jordan |
| Children: | 4 |
| Alma Mater: | Damascus University |
| Years Active: | 1950s–1991 |
Abdel-Rahim Ahmed (1944–1991) was a Palestinian politician who was one of the founders of the Arab Liberation Front (ALF). He served as a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) executive committee.
Ahmed was born in a village, Haditha, Mandatory Palestine, in 1944. His family left the village and settled in Jordan after the Nakba in 1948. He was a graduate of Damascus University where he obtained a degree in agriculture.
Ahmed joined the military struggle against Israel when he was a teenager.[1] He was a cofounder of the Baghdad-based ALF which was established in April 1969 and became part of the PLO in July that year.[2] [3] He was named as the general secretary of the ALF in 1975 which he held until his death in 1991.[2] After his term the ALF experienced a significant division between pro-Iraqi and pro-Yasser Arafat groups.[3] He was elected to the executive committee of the PLO.[4]
Ahmed was married and had four children, three daughters and a son.
Ahmed died of brain and lung cancer at his home in Amman, Jordan, at age 47 on 30 June 1991.[1] He was buried in Amman.[5]