Vice President of Palestine

The vice president of the State of Palestine (Arabic: نائب رئيس دولة فلسطين, romanized: Nayib Raʼīs Dawlat Filasṭīn) is the second-highest-ranking office in the executive branch of the Palestinian government, after the president, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.^[1] Like other countries with a vice president, if the president dies, resigned or is unable to complete his term, then the vice president becomes president.

StatusSecond highest branch officer

NominatorExecutive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Appointer

• President

Termlength

• Four years,
• at the pleasure of the President

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Vice President of the State of Palestine
نائب رئيس دولة فلسطين
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Incumbent Hussein al-Sheikh since 26 April 2025
Status	Second highest branch officer
Nominator	Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Appointer	President
Term length	Four years, at the pleasure of the President
Precursor	Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Inaugural holder	Hussein al-Sheikh
Formation	24 April 2025; 16 months ago (2025-04-24)

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The president has the authority to appoint the vice president from among the members of the Executive Committee, based on a nomination by the Committee's chairman and with the approval of its members. The president may assign duties to the vice president, relieve them of their position, or accept their resignation.^[2]

The position was established on 24 April 2025, during a session of the Palestinian Central Council.^[3][4] The decision was approved by 170 members present, with one opposing vote and one abstention.^[2] The selection took place on 26 April during a meeting of the Executive Committee, where the current secretary Hussein al-Sheikh expected to be assigned the position.^[5]