Hussein Al-Sheikh appointed as Palestinian Vice-President

CAIRO – 26 April 2025: Hussein Al-Sheikh, Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has been appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the Deputy Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee and Palestinian Vice President.

The appointment was approved by the PLO Executive Committee, which is chaired by President Abbas, during a meeting held on Saturday.

The Executive Committee is scheduled to convene again next Saturday to select a successor to Al-Sheikh for the position of Secretary-General from among its members.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Al-Sheikh expressed his gratitude to President Abbas and the members of the committee for their trust and support.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
" ربنا افتح بيننا وبين قومنا بالحق وأنت خير الفاتحين "

فخامة السيد الرئيس محمود عباس
رئيس اللجنة التنفيذية لمنظمة التحرير الفلسطينية
رئيس دولة فلسطين حفظه الله وأبقاه مدّاً ومدداً .
فخامة الرئيس العالي شخصاً ونصاً عالي الهمة في زمن الهموم الثقيلة وزمن…

—حسين الشيخ Hussein AlSheikh (@HusseinSheikhpl) April 26, 2025

Al-Sheikh, born in Ramallah in the West Bank in 1960, was elected Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee in 2022. He became a member of the Fatah Central Committee in 2009 during its sixth conference in Bethlehem and was re-elected in 2016.

Since 2016, Al-Sheikh has also served as a member of the National Dialogue Committee, which oversees reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas. He was imprisoned in Israeli jails from 1978 to 1989, serving a total of 11 years.