Arafat appointed the successor

In the Palestinian leadership there will be serious changes, says on Tuesday the Saudi television show Al Jazeera, referring to informed sources.

Earlier, the appointment of Yasir Arafat of the collective leadership of 5 members in case of death, death, exile or captivity of the head of PNA was reported. The same information was confirmed on Monday by the AS-Sanara Palestinian newspaper, RIA Novosti reports.

Al Jazeera reports that his successor Arafat appointed the chief of the political department of the liberation of Palestine Faruk al-Kaddumi, who actually determines the foreign policy of the Palestinian National Administration.

The Minister of Parliament Nabil Ampro said, speaking on the Ramallach's Voice radio station, which resumed broadcasting in Ramallach, immediately after the withdrawal of the Israeli troops in autonomy, parliamentary and municipal elections will be held in preparation for the proclamation of the Palestinian state with the capital in Jerusalem, as provided for by international decisions.

Amro said that serious permutations will occur inside the Palestinian leadership, highly qualified specialists and new persons will appear in it. All Palestinian special services will be combined into one.

From the dossier of Faruk al-Kaddumi

Faru Al-Kaddumi: Head of the Political Department of the OOP in Tunisia and a member of the Central Committee Fatch. He was born in 1931 in Jelensus (Kalkille district, north-west of Nablus), grew up in Haifa.

In 1948, after the war, he returned to the plunder. Then he left for Saudi Arabia to work in the oil company Aramco (1952-1954).

In 1958 he graduated from the Cairo University, where he studied economics and politics. There he joined the Baas party, but then tore with it and joined the Fath. Then he worked for government structures in Libya, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait until 1965-66. Settled in Damascus.

In 1969 he joined the OOP, where in 1973 he headed the political department, throughout the 70s he developed ties with Arab countries, and remained close to Syria and Iraq. He was noticed in close ties with the Fath movement and, according to rumors, was ready to join him in 1983.

Instead, he became the Secretary General of the Fath-Central Command. Then he worked for various Palestinian structures, became a minister, agreed to head the Economic Council of Reconstruction and Development of Palestinians, although Kurai led the current activities of the Council.

Currently, many members of the FATH leadership are considered as the most likely successor to the Arafat, but al-Kaddumi is not very popular on the western bank of the Jordan River.