Yahya Hammuda
Yahya Hammuda يحيى حمودة | |
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2nd Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
In office 24 December 1967 – 2 February 1969 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Shukeiri |
Succeeded by | Yasser Arafat |
Personal details | |
Born |
1908 Lifta, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 16 June 2006 (aged 98) |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Yahya Hammoudeh (Arabic: يحيى حمودة; 1908 – 16 June 2006)[1] was the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee from 24 December 1967 to 2 February 1969, following the resignation of Ahmad Shukeiri. He was succeeded by Yasser Arafat.
Hammoudeh was born in the village of Lifta in 1908. A founding member of the General Refugee Congress (GRC). The first congress of the GRC occurred on 17 March 1949 in Ramallah where Muhammad Nimr al-Hawari was elected as President with Yahya Hammuda and ‘Aziz Shihada as deputies.[2] The Palestine Conciliation Commission (PCC) hoping to gain a degree of independent Palestinian representation, invited GRC delegates to come and appear before the PCC.[3]
Footnotes
External links
- PLO Timeline in Arabic.
Preceded by Ahmad Shukeiri |
Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization 1967–1969 |
Succeeded by Yasser Arafat |
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