Salam Fayyad
Salam Fayyad | |
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| 6th Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In office June 15, 2007 – Present | |
| Preceded by | Ismail Haniyeh |
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| Born | [[Image:|Image:]] ?, 1952 Deir al-Ghusun, Jordan |
| Died | [[Image:|Image:]] |
| Resting place | [[Image:|Image:]] |
| Political party | Third Way |
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Dr. Salam Fayyad (Template:Lang-ar; b. 1952) is a Palestinian politician, who, on June 15, 2007, was appointed the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. His appointment, justified by President Mahmoud Abbas on the basis of "national emergency", was not confirmed by the Palestinian Legislative Council.[1][2] Until that date, Fayyad had been the Finance Minister of the Palestinian National Authority in the Fatah interim government from 2002.
Fayyad is an internationally respected economist and politician.[3][4] His Ph.D. in economics is from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a student of William A. Barnett and where he did early research on the American Divisia Monetary Aggregates, which he continued on the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Dr. Fayyad began his career teaching economics at Yarmuk University in Jordan, before joining the World Bank, from 1987 - 1995. An economist and a former World Bank official who lived in the United States for twenty years, he was an official of the World Bank from 1987-1995 and subsequently became the International Monetary Fund representative to the Palestinian National Authority until 2001, before becoming its Finance Minister.
Upon resigning as Finance Minister, Fayyad ran as founder and leader of the new Third Way political party in the Palestinian legislative election of 2006 alongside Hanan Ashrawi.
He is seen as pro-Western and was predicted to be offered the post of the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority by both Fatah, and as of January 26, 2006, also by the winner of the elections: the List of Change and Reform (Hamas). In response to the offer, Fayyad presented several conditions to becoming Prime Minister, including that Hamas would recognize Israel, which Hamas declined.
Both Fayyad and Ashrawi represent their party, which won two seats, in the Legislative Council. On March 18, 2007, Fayyad was appointed Finance Minister of a new Fatah-Hamas unity government. [1] On June 15, 2007, following the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip and its new government, Fayyad was appointed Prime Minister of a new "independent" government without any Fatah or Hamas members which is effectively supported by the Fatah and Israel.
References
- ^ "Abbas suspends articles from Basic Law". Kuwait News Agency. 2007-06-17.
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Kershner, Isabel; El-Khodary, Taghreed (2007-06-17). "Abbas Swears in Emergency Government". New York Times.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ EU backs new Palestinian government Sacramento Bee, June 18, 2007
- ^ Profile: Salam Fayyad. BBC News, 17 June 2007
External links
- Hamas promises major changes in PLC: "Some Palestinians predicted that Hamas might ask former finance minister Salam Fayyad to head the new cabinet, so as to avoid a boycott by the international community." — Jerusalem Post, (January 27, 2006)
- Salam Fayyad: Everyone's favorite Palestinian: This article provides much relevant background. — Haaretz, (April 1, 2007)
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