Hussein al-Sheikh | |
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حسين الشيخ | |
![]() Al-Sheikh in 2022 | |
1st Vice President of Palestine | |
Assumed office 26 April 2025 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
Preceded by | Office established |
Personal details | |
Born | Ramallah,Jordanian-administered West Bank (present-day Palestine) | 14 December 1960
Political party | Fatah |
Website | Official website |
Hussein al-Sheikh (Arabic :حسينالشيخ;born 1960) is a Palestinian politician who has served as the first vice president of Palestine since 26 April 2025. [1] He has also served as the secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization since 2022. [2]
Hussein al-Sheikh was born in Ramallah in 1960 during a period of the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank. [3] He spent 11 years in Israeli prisons during his youth,during which he learned Hebrew. [4]
Al-Sheikh headed he General Authority of Civil Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority since 2007. He was first elected as a member of the Central Committee of Fatah in 2008. [5]
On 25 June 2022,the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization reaffirmed al-Sheikh as secretary general and head of the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). [6]
On 25 April 2025,the president of the State of Palestine,Mahmoud Abbas,appointed al-Sheikh as Vice President of the PLO and deputy chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO. [1]