Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
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The Executive Committee (PLO EC) is the highest executive body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Its 18 members are elected by the PLO Parliament, the Palestinian National Council (PNC), often as representatives of the PLO member factions. The Executive Committee members hold special areas of responsibility, such as military matters, foreign affairs, finance and social affairs, making their role similar to that of ministers in a national government. Elections have been held irregularly, and the last PLO Executive Committee was elected by the PNC in 1996. Some of its deceased members were replaced at the 2009 PNC meeting in Ramallah.[1]
The PLO EC meets abroad an in the Palestinian territories.[2]
It is headed by the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization elected by the Executive Committee.[3] There are only 12 living Executive Committee members, the minimum for a quorum, according to the Constitution of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
The members of the current Executive Committee are:
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Farouk Kaddoumi
- Mohammed Zuhdi al-Nashashibi
- Yasser Abed Rabbo
- Abdel Rahim Mallouh
- Taysir Khalid
- Ali Ishaq
- Mahmoud Ismail
- As'ad Abdel Rahman
- Ghassan Shakaa
- Zakaria al-Agha
- Riya al-Khudri
- Saeb Erekat
- Ahmed Majdalani
- Salih Raafat
- Ziad Amr
- Ahmad Qurei
- Hanna Amira
[edit] See also
- Palestinian Central Council
- Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
- Palestine Liberation Organization
- Palestinian government
[edit] References
- ^ The parliament of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) elected on Thursday six new members to its executive body.
PNC Convenes in Ramallah Wednesday to Select PLO Exec. Committee Members - ^ The PLO Executive Committee is to hold a meeting on issues related to the Middle East peace process here Saturday, Palestinian Permanent Delegate to the Cairo-based Arab League Mohamed Sobeih said today.
Palestinian President Abbas attends a PLO executive committee meeting in Ramallah - ^ PALESTINIAN ORGANISATIONS
