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Nabil Shaath
نبيل شعث
Acting Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
In office
15 December 2005 – 24 December 2005
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Preceded byAhmed Qurei
Succeeded byAhmed Qurei
Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority
In office
April 2003 – February 2005
Succeeded byNasser al-Qudwa
Personal details
Born (1938-08-09) 9 August 1938 (age 86)
Safad, British Mandate for Palestine
Political partyFatah

Nabil Ali Muhammad (Abu Rashid) Shaath (Arabic: نبيل شعث, Nabīl Shaʿath ; born 9 August 1938[1][2] in Safad) is a senior Palestinian official.[3]

Academic career

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Shaath received his master's degree in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences. He taught at the university from 1961 to 1965.

Political career

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Nabil Shaath (R), 2004
Nabil Shaath (L) with Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 1997
With the President of Brazil, Lula da Silva

Shaath has served as Palestinian chief negotiator, Palestinian International Co-operation Minister, Planning Minister for the Palestinian National Authority and Acting Prime Minister of the PNA.[4][5] Shaath also served as the Palestinian Authority's first foreign minister from April 2003 to February 2005.

Shaath was a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information in the Palestinian Authority Government of February 2005. On 15 December 2005, he became Acting Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority after Ahmad Qurei resigned. He lost that position nine days later when Qurei returned to office.

Awards and recognition

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Shaath appeared in the 2009 documentary Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace about the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.[6] The film was released by Channel Productions in New York City.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ مذكرات نبيل شعث «حياتى.. من النكبة إلى الثورة».. فى ظلال يافا «بلد الغريب». Shorouk News (in Arabic). 12 October 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. ^ نبيل شعث [Nabil Shaath]. Vision for Political Development (in Arabic). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. ^ Faure, Claude (2004). "Shaʿth, Nabil Ali Muhammad (Abu Rashid; 1938–)". Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Nabil Shaath". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. ^ "SADAKA Ireland hosted Dr. Nabil Shaath in Ireland as part of its Visiting Speaker Programme". Sadaka. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Opening Film: Back Door Channels". TV Fest 2009. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  7. ^ Weissberg, Jay (8 November 2010). "Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace". Variety. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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Preceded by Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority – acting
2005 		Succeeded by
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