Editing Palestine Liberation Organization (section)

===Institutions===
The [[Palestinian National Council]] has 740 members and the [[Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization|Executive Committee]] or ExCo has 18 members. The [[Palestinian Central Council]] or CC or PCC, established by the PNC in 1973, is the second leading body of the PLO.<ref name=memo_distinction/> The CC consists of 124 members<ref name=pcc_1996>See the 1996 list of members: [https://web.archive.org/web/20081025100117/http://middleeastreference.org.uk/plocc.html Members of the PLO Central Council as of 1996]. At middleeastreference.org.uk</ref> from the PLO Executive Committee, PNC, [[Palestinian Legislative Council|PLC]] and other Palestinian organizations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/pdf/pdf2003/sections2/PLO-CC.pdf|title=PLO Central Council Members|website=Passia.org|access-date=8 March 2017
|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102214/http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/pdf/pdf2003/sections2/PLO-CC.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> The EC includes 15 representatives of the PLC.<ref name="un-observer"/> The CC functions as an intermediary body between the PNC and the EC. The CC makes policy decisions when PNC is not in session, acting as a link between the PNC and the PLO-EC. The CC is elected by the PNC and chaired by the PNC speaker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/palestine/orgs1.htm|title=Arab Gateway: Palestinian organisations (1)|website=www.al-bab.com|access-date=15 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021001205923/http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/palestine/orgs1.htm|archive-date=1 October 2002|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The PNC serves as the parliament for all Palestinians inside and outside of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem. The PLO is governed internally by its "Fundamental Law", which describes the powers and the relations between the organs of the PLO.<ref name=memo_distinction>[http://transparency.aljazeera.net/files/4698.pdf ''Memo: Distinction between PLO, PA, PNC, PLC'']. Al Jazeera, The Palestine Papers, 5 February 2006. [http://transparency.aljazeera.net/en/projects/thepalestinepapers/201218205949656112.html Available on]. Internal PLO document from Mazen Masri, legal researcher, to the PLO Negotiations Support Unit. See also note 4 in the pdf.</ref>

[[Ahmad Shukeiri]] was the first [[Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization|Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee]] from 1964 to 1967.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWhgIe3Hq98C&pg=PA316|title=The Palestine Yearbook of International Law 1987–1988|last=Pineschi|year=1997|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=978-90-411-0341-3}}</ref> In 1967, he was replaced by Yahia Hammuda. [[Yasser Arafat]] occupied the position from 1969 until his death in 2004.<ref name=lansford_p1634>Tom Lansford,[https://books.google.com/books?id=iC_VBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1627 ''Political Handbook of the World 2014''], p. 1634. CQ Press, March 2014</ref> He was succeeded by [[Mahmoud Abbas]] (also known as Abu Mazen).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6459196|title=Mahmoud Abbas elected chairman of PLO|date=2004|website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20033995|title=Profile: Mahmoud Abbas|date=29 November 2012|work=BBC News|access-date=8 December 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>

According to an internal PLO document, the PNC continues to act if elections are not possible. In absence of elections, most of the members of the PNC are appointed by the executive committee. The document further states that "the PNC represents all sectors of the Palestinian community worldwide, including numerous organizations of the resistance movement, political parties, popular organizations and independent personalities and figures from all sectors of life, including intellectuals, religious leaders and businessmen".<ref name=memo_distinction/>