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Arab Parliament elects Saudi's Al-Otaibi president as three vice-president seats decided
October 24, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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MAMasrawy
مرشح السعودية سعد العتيبي رئيسًا للبرلمان العربي بالتزكية
(opens the publisher’s site)The Arab Parliament elected Saudi Shura Council member Saad Al-Otaibi president and filled three of four vice-president seats in a Cairo session on Saturday.
- Al-Otaibi was elected president by acclamation for two years, succeeding Emirati Mohammed Ahmed Al-Yemahi.
- Oman's Said Al-Saadi, Egypt's Hesham Al-Hosary, and Jordan's Ihsan Barakat won the three vice-president seats with 53, 52, and 43 votes.
- Two Libyan candidates, Abdel Salam Naseya and Hassan Al-Bargouthi, will contest a runoff for the fourth seat; 67 of 88 members voted.
- Al-Otaibi said the Palestinian issue will remain the parliament's top priority and pledged to defend the Palestinian people's right to an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
- Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy congratulated Al-Otaibi on his uncontested election as the parliament's president.
- In his inaugural speech, Al-Otaibi called for a renewed vision and more effective institutional work to move Arab parliamentary action from aspiration to achievement.