set_leader_PAL = {

	if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 4 } }

		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Abu Ali Mustafa"
				picture = "abu _ali_mustafa.dds"
				ideology = Communist-State
				traits = {
					emerging_Communist-State
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 1 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Ahmad Sa'adat"
				picture = "ahmad_saadat.dds"
				ideology = Communist-State
				traits = {
					emerging_Communist-State
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Communist-State_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 5 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { anarchist_communism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { anarchist_communism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Bassam as-Salhi"
				picture = "bassam_as-salhi.dds"
				ideology = anarchist_communism
				traits = {
					emerging_anarchist_communism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { anarchist_communism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 11 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Caliphate_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Caliphate_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Ahmed Yassin"
				picture = "ahmed_yassin.dds"
				ideology = Caliphate
				traits = {
					salafist_Caliphate
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Caliphate_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Caliphate_leader = 1 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { Caliphate_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Ismail Haniyeh"
				picture = "ismail_haniyeh.dds"
				ideology = Caliphate
				traits = {
					salafist_Caliphate
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Caliphate_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 10 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Kingdom_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Kingdom_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Jameel Shihadeh"
				picture = "jameel_shihadeh.dds"
				ideology = Kingdom
				traits = {
					salafist_Kingdom
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Kingdom_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 19 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Nayef Hawatmeh"
				picture = "nayef_hawatmeh.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Communism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Communism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 17 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Yasser Abed Rabbo"
				picture = "yasser_abed_rabbo.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_green
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_green
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 1 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Saleh Ra'fat"
				picture = "saleh_rafat.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_green
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_green
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Neutral_green_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 21 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Rakad Salem"
				picture = "Rakad_Salem.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Fascism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Fascism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 1 } }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 22 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Major General Muhammed Tariq al-Khadra"
				picture = "muhammed_tariq _al-khadra.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Autocracy
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Autocracy
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Autocracy_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 2 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { liberalism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { liberalism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Salam Fayyad"
				picture = "salam_fayyad.dds"
				ideology = liberalism
				traits = {
					western_liberalism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { liberalism_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 3 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { socialism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Dr. Mustafa Barghouti"
				picture = "mustafa_barghouti.dds"
				ideology = socialism
				traits = {
					western_socialism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
}