The Executive Committee (PLO EC) is the highest executive body of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestine Liberation Organization

The Palestine Liberation Organization is a political and paramilitary organization which was created in 1964. It is recognized as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" by the United Nations and over 100 states with which it holds diplomatic relations, and has enjoyed...

 (PLO).

Its 18 members are elected by the PLO Parliament, the Palestinian National Council

Palestinian National Council

The Palestinian National Council is the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization and elects its Executive Committee, which assumes leadership of the organization between its sessions. The Council normally meets every two years. Resolutions are passed by a simple majority with a...

 (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

Ramallah

Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority...

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The PLO EC meets abroad an in the Palestinian territories

Palestinian territories

The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...

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It is headed by the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization elected by the Executive Committee. 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:

1. Mahmoud Abbas
2. Farouq Qaddoumi
3. Mohammaed Zuhdi An-Nashashibi
4. Yasser Abed Rabbo
5. Abdel Rahim Mallouh
6. Mahamoud Odeh (Taysir Khalid)
7. Ali Is’haq
8. Mahmoud Ismail
9. Asa’ad Abdel Rahman
10. Ghassan Ash-Shakaa’
11. Zakaria AlAgah
12. Riya Al-Khudri
13. Saeb Erekat
14. Ahmad Majdalani
15. Salih Raafat
16. Ziad Amr
17. Ahmad Qureia
18. Hanna Amira

See also

• Palestinian Central Council
  Palestinian Central Council
  The Palestinian Central Council , also known as PLO Central Council, is one of the institutions of the Palestine Liberation Organization . The PCC makes policy decisions when the Palestinian National Council is not in session. The PCC is acting as a link between the PNC and the PLO Executive...
  
  
• Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
• Palestine Liberation Organization
  Palestine Liberation Organization
  The Palestine Liberation Organization is a political and paramilitary organization which was created in 1964. It is recognized as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" by the United Nations and over 100 states with which it holds diplomatic relations, and has enjoyed...
  
  
• Palestinian government
  Palestinian government
  -Organizations:These organizations are claiming or executing authority over the Palestinian territories and people*Palestine Liberation Organization, the official representative of the Palestinian people before the international community...