simultaneous elections for the Palestinian National Council and the Palestinian Authority. On 24 August 2015, Abbas said that he had resigned from the PLO’s executive committee along with ten other members, though their resignations were subject to approval by the Palestinian National Council. The executive committee members who announced their resignation were to continue to hold their positions until the PNC meeting in April 2018 . Newly elected members Newly elected members of the executive committee as at 30 April 2018 are: Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah) Azzam al-Ahmad (Fatah) Taysir Khalid (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine) Ali Abu Zuhri (independent) Ahmad Bayyoud Tamimi (independent) Ahmad Abu Holi (independent) Faisal Aranaki (Arab Liberation Front) Saeb Erekat (Fatah) Ahmed Majdalani (Popular Struggle Front) Saleh Ra'fat (Palestinian Democratic Union) Ziad Abu Amr (independent) Wasel Abu Yousef (Palestinian Liberation Front) Bassam as-Salhi (Palestinian People’s Party) Hanan Ashrawi (independent) (until December 2020) Adnan Al Husseini (independent) See also Palestinian Central Council Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Palestine Liberation Organization Palestinian government References External links PALESTINIAN ORGANISATIONS, al-bab.com Palestine Liberation Organization Palestine Liberation Organization Government of the State of Palestine