Palestinian president’s son Yasser Abbas elected to top Fatah post
The vote deepens succession speculation as Mahmoud Abbas keeps the party leadership and 2,507 delegates elect 18 Central Committee members.
- On Sunday, Yasser Abbas, the businessman son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, won a seat on the Fatah Central Committee at the party's first general conference in nearly a decade.
- The three-day conference drew 2,507 voters across Ramallah, Gaza, Cairo, and Beirut with a 94.64 percent turnout, while fifty-nine candidates competed for 18 seats on the central committee.
- Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti retained his seat with the highest vote count, while Yasser Abbas secured his position after serving as his father's "special representative."
- Some Fatah officials contend Yasser Abbas would be unable to unify Palestinians, fueling speculation that President Mahmoud Abbas may be positioning his son to succeed him as party head.
- The Palestinian Authority faces mounting international pressure to implement reforms and hold long-delayed elections amid corruption allegations, as Mahmoud Abbas has ruled by decree since his mandate expired in 2009.
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Yasser Abbas – European Council on Foreign Relations
Yasser Abbas (ياسر عباس) was born in 1962 in Qatar. He is the chairman of the UAE-based Falcon Holding Group, an investment firm with an annual income of $35 million, and reported interests in tobacco, insurance and mechanical engineering. He is the eldest son of Palestinian Authority president and Fatah chairman Mahmoud Abbas. In May 2026, he was elected to the Fatah Central Committee. Yasser Abbas, a Canadian national, reportedly spends most o…
Palestinian leader’s son wins role in Abbas’ party
RAMALLAH, West Bank - The millionaire businessman son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has won a steering role in his father’s political party Fatah, a party official said on Sunday, as a succession fight looms for control of the embattled Palestinian Authority (PA).
Marwan Barghouti tops Fatah vote as succession questions grow
Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti topped preliminary elections for the Central Committee of Fatah by a wide margin, according to unofficial early results released following the movement’s eighth conference. The results reinforce the jailed leader’s enduring popularity among Fatah amid ongoing succession questions surrounding longtime Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Barghouti, one of Fatah’s most prominent figures and a widely p…
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