Yahya Hammuda يحيى حمودة | |
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2nd Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
In office 24 December 1967 – 2 February 1969 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Shukeiri |
Succeeded by | Yasser Arafat |
Personal details | |
Born | 1908 Lifta, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 16 June 2006 (aged 98) |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Yahya Hammuda ( Arabic: يحيى حمودة, also transliterated Hamoudeh or Hammouda ; 1908 – 16 June 2006) [1] was the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee from 24 December 1967 to 2 February 1969, following the resignation of Ahmad Shukeiri. He was a veteran activist in Palestinian refugee affairs [2] and a colorless left-leaning lawyer. [3] [4] [5] His tenure as Chairman did not leave a mark on the organization. [6] He stated that Jewish citizens of Israel could not be expelled to the countries from which they had emigrated, a moderation of the general sentiment that still rejected the State of Israel. [4] On January 21, 1968, Hammuda was received in Jordan by king Husayn and prime minister Bahjat al-Talhuni in a public welcome to reinvigorate the PLO within Jordan. [4] He was succeeded by Yasser Arafat.
Hammuda was born in the village of Lifta in 1908. He took part of an attempt to secure a role for an independent Palestinan refugee delegation to the Rhodes armistice talks, together with Muhammad Nimr al-Hawari and 'Aziz Shihada. [4] He was 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 Hammuda as deputy. [7] They persevered with an attempt at formal recognition for the General Refugee Congress, but they were marginalized by Jordan, where it was based. [4] The Palestine Conciliation Commission (PCC) hoping to gain a degree of independent Palestinian representation, invited GRC delegates to come and appear before the PCC. [8]
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