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Mahmoud Aloul

Mahmoud al-Aloul
محمود العالول
Al-Aloul in 2020
Vice Chairman of Central Committee of Fatah
Assumed office
15 February 2017
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Preceded byPosition established
Member of Central Committee of Fatah
Assumed office
August 2009
Minister of Labour
In office
17 March 2007 – 14 June 2007
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Prime MinisterIsmail Haniyeh
Preceded byMohammad Barghouti
Succeeded bySamir Abdullah
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
for Nablus Governorate
Assumed office
18 February 2006
Governor of Nablus Governorate[1]
In office
1995–2005
PresidentYasser Arafat
Succeeded bySaeed Abu Ali
Personal details
Born (1950-12-11) 11 December 1950 (age 74)
Nablus, West Bank, Jordan
NationalityPalestine
Political partyFatah
Alma materBeirut Arab University (BA)[2]
ProfessionPolitician, activist

Mahmoud al-Aloul (Arabic: محمود العالول) (born 11 December 1950[3]) is a Palestinian politician who formerly served as the governor of the Palestinian Authority's Nablus governorate[4] in the Central Highlands of the West Bank from 1995 to 2005. Al-Aloul was elected to the Central Committee of Fatah in August 2009 during the 6th General Conference, and later became Vice Chairman following the 7th General Conference held in 2016.

In early 2018, he was widely discussed as the likely successor to Mahmoud Abbas as President of the Palestinian National Authority.[3] After the Six-Day War, al-Aloul was arrested by Israel and sent to live in Jordan, where he joined Fatah. He rose within Fatah, and, in the 1970s, moved to Lebanon. There he served under Khalil al-Wazir, as commander of a Fatah brigade that captured eight Israeli soldiers in 1983. The Israeli prisoners were exchanged for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli hands.[3]

According to Aloul, the Palestinians still maintain their belief in armed struggle against the State of Israel.[5]

  1. ^ "الرئيس يصدر قراراً بإنتداب سعيد أبو علي محافظاً لنابلس". WAFA Agency.
  2. ^ Abu Toameh, Khaled (7 March 2018). "Who is Mahmoud al-Aloul, touted as Abbas's possible heir?". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Rumley, Grant (7 March 2018). "The Next Palestinian President?". The American Interest. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ^ Interview with Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Governor of Nablus
  5. ^ Abu Toameh, Khaled (8 October 2012). "Palestinians have not abandoned armed struggle". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

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