Mahmoud Abbas Elected Chairman of PLO After Yassar Arafat's Death
Mahmoud Abbas Elected Chairman of PLO After Yassar Arafat's Death
Abbas Elected Chairman of PLO As Palestinians Move to Fill Leadership Gap After Yassar Arafat's Death
ABC News: Mahmoud Abbas Elected Chairman of PLO
RAMALLAH, West Bank Nov 11, 2004 — Mahmoud Abbas, a former prime minister and a veteran peace negotiator, was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday within hours of Yasser Arafat's death, putting him on a track to become the next overall leader of the Palestinians.
The 69-year-old Abbas, better known as Abu Mazen and who long worked in Arafat's shadow as the PLO's No. 2 official, takes the most powerful of the three titles Arafat held president of the Palestinian Authority, leader of the Fatah movement and head of the PLO.
The PLO executive committee vote was unanimous, said Palestinian Cabinet minister Ibrahim Abu Najah. "That means no one will compete with him in the election for president."
Palestinian officials moved quickly Thursday to fill the leadership gap left by the death of Arafat, who held the unruly Palestinian political factions together during the four decades of his rule.
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Abbas Elected Chairman of PLO As Palestinians Move to Fill Leadership Gap After Yassar Arafat's Death
ABC News: Mahmoud Abbas Elected Chairman of PLO
RAMALLAH, West Bank Nov 11, 2004 — Mahmoud Abbas, a former prime minister and a veteran peace negotiator, was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday within hours of Yasser Arafat's death, putting him on a track to become the next overall leader of the Palestinians.
The 69-year-old Abbas, better known as Abu Mazen and who long worked in Arafat's shadow as the PLO's No. 2 official, takes the most powerful of the three titles Arafat held president of the Palestinian Authority, leader of the Fatah movement and head of the PLO.
The PLO executive committee vote was unanimous, said Palestinian Cabinet minister Ibrahim Abu Najah. "That means no one will compete with him in the election for president."
Palestinian officials moved quickly Thursday to fill the leadership gap left by the death of Arafat, who held the unruly Palestinian political factions together during the four decades of his rule.
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