well as the Deputy Secretary-General. At the time of the group's dissolution in 2012, the NFSL Executive Committee was led by Secretary-General Ibrahim Abdulaziz Sahad , who was re-elected for his second term during the 5th National Congress held in July 2007 in the United States. [ 13 ] Sahad appointed Mohammed Ali Abdallah as his Deputy. The Permanent Bureau was led by Fawzi al-Tarabulsi, who had previously been elected Vice President of the National Congress and became President upon Dr. Suleiman Abdalla's resignation as President in 2008. The Bureau's leadership also included Vice-President Mohamed Saad and Rapporteur of the Bureau Mohamed Ali Binwasil.