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Nabil Shaath

نبيل شعث

Acting Prime Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityIn office
15 December 2005 – 24 December 2005PresidentMahmoud AbbasPreceded byAhmed QureiSucceeded byAhmed QureiForeign Minister of the Palestinian AuthorityIn office
April 2003 – February 2005Succeeded byNasser al-Qudwa Personal detailsBorn (1938-08-09) 9 August 1938 (age 85)
Safad, British Mandate for PalestinePolitical 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

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

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

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]

References

^ مذكرات نبيل شعث «حياتى.. من النكبة إلى الثورة».. فى ظلال يافا «بلد الغريب» (in Arabic)
^ نبيل شعث (in Arabic)
^ 'Shaʿth, Nabil Ali Muhammad (Abu Rashid; 1938–)', in Claude Faure, Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2004.
^ "Nabil Shaath". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "SADAKA Ireland hosted Dr. Nabil Shaath in Ireland as part of its Visiting Speaker Programme". www.sadaka.ie. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "TV Festival 2009 : Opening Film". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)