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Palestinian officials vote to create a vice presidency

April 25, 2025 by J-Wire
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The Palestinian Authority has announced the creation of a vice presidency under 89-year-old leader Mahmoud Abbas, who has not specified a successor.

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters, Sept. 21, 2023. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images.

The Palestinian leadership has approved the creation of the position of vice president of Mahmoud Abbas, and possibly his successor, in a step widely seen as needed to assuage international doubts over Palestinian leadership.

A statement published by state news agency WAFA said 170 members of the Palestinian Central Council, the Palestinians’ highest decision-making body, voted in favour of the decision while one member voted against it and another abstained.

They have not immediately appointed someone to the role.

According to the statement, Abbas has the right to assign tasks to the deputy, relieve him of his post or accept his resignation.

Abbas, 89, has headed the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 but has for years resisted internal reforms, including the naming of a successor.

The foreign-backed Palestinian Authority exercises limited rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and has not governed the Gaza Strip since fighting a civil war with Hamas in 2007.

Reuters

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One Response to “Palestinian officials vote to create a vice presidency”
  1. noisilylimburger05fa67f573 says:

    What’s the point? Hamas still runs the country.

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