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Yahya Hammuda |
Yahya Hammuda (Arabic: يحيى حمودة ) was the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee from 24 December 1967 to 2 February 1969 Following the resignation of Ahmad Al-shukairy. He was succeeded by Yasser Arafat.
Hammuda was born in the depopulated town 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.1 The Palestine Conciliation Commission (PCC) hoping to gain a degree of independent Palestinian representation, invited GRC delegates to come and appear before the PCC.2
| Preceded by Ahmad Shukeiri |
Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization 1967–1969 |
Succeeded by Yasser Arafat |