Ilyas Mosa

Ilyas Mosa (Arabic: إلياس موسى إبراهيم مارقوس; b. 31 October 1972 in Jericho) is a Palestinian politician and intelligence officer, who since 2010 has served as Chairman of the Joint Security Committee, holding the rank of general. Mosa is also Deputy Regional Secretary of the Palestinian Regional Branch of the Ba'ath Party. Before joining the Ba’ath Party in 2003, he worked as an air traffic controller at Port Said International Airport, before which he served in the officer corps of the Palestinian Air Force from 1990 to 1999. He also holds a Palestinian and Syrian private pilot's licence.