Mahmoud Aloul Explained

Mahmoud al-Aloul
Native Name Lang:ar
Office:Vice Chairman of Central Committee of Fatah
Term Start:15 February 2017
Predecessor:Position established
Office1:Member of Central Committee of Fatah
Term Start1:August 2009
Office2:Minister of Labour
Term Start2:17 March 2007
Term End2:14 June 2007
President2:Mahmoud Abbas
Primeminister2:Ismail Haniyeh
Predecessor2:Mohammad Barghouti
Successor2:Samir Abdullah
Office3:Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
for Nablus Governorate
Term Start3:18 February 2006
Office4:Governor of Nablus Governorate[1]
President4:Yasser Arafat
Term Start4:1995
Term End4:2005
Successor4:Saeed Abu Ali
Birth Date:11 December 1950
Birth Place:Nablus, West Bank, Jordan
Nationality:Palestine
Party:Fatah
Alma Mater:Beirut Arab University (BA)[2]
Profession:Politician, activist

Mahmoud al-Aloul (ar|محمود العالول) (born 11 December 1950) is a Palestinian politician who formerly served as the governor of the Palestinian Authority's Nablus governorate[3] 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.[4] 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.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: الرئيس يصدر قراراً بإنتداب سعيد أبو علي محافظاً لنابلس. WAFA Agency.
  2. Web site: Abu Toameh. Khaled. Who is Mahmoud al-Aloul, touted as Abbas's possible heir?. 7 March 2018 . The Times of Israel. 17 December 2023.
  3. http://www.miftah.org/PrinterF.cfm?DocId=1068 Interview with Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Governor of Nablus
  4. News: Rumley. Grant. The Next Palestinian President?. 9 March 2018. The American Interest. 7 March 2018.
  5. News: Abu Toameh . Khaled . 8 October 2012 . Palestinians have not abandoned armed struggle . . 29 September 2020.