Mohammed Shtajjeh
Mohammad Shtajjeh ( Arabic محمد اشتية, DMG Muḥammad Ištayya , born January 17, 1958 in Tell, Nablus ) is a Palestinian politician of Fatah , economist and since April 2019 Prime Minister of the Palestinian Autonomous Territories and the proclaimed State of Palestine .
Shtajjeh studied business administration and economics at Birzeit University from 1976 to 1981 and received his doctorate in the same subject in 1989 from the University of Sussex . Since 2009 he has been Minister of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction .
On March 10, 2019, Shtajjeh was commissioned by President Mahmoud Abbas to form a new government. He was supposed to succeed Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah , who had submitted his resignation in January 2019, but remained in office temporarily. On April 13, 2019, Shtajjeh and his cabinet were sworn in. The new government consists mainly of members of Abbas's Fatah . Other parties, such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , had refused to participate in the government because they wanted a unity government with the radical Islamic Hamas .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.all4palestine.com/ModelDetails.aspx?gid=6&mid=2084&lang=en
- ↑ Joe Dyke: Hamas further sidelined by appointment of new PA premier Shtayyeh. Retrieved April 1, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ PA public works minister tenders resignation. Retrieved April 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Mohammed Shtayyeh becomes head of the Palestinian government. Der Standard , March 10, 2019, accessed April 14, 2019.
- ↑ New Palestinian government of Prime Minister Shtajjeh is in office. Der Standard, April 14, 2019, accessed on the same day.
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| SURNAME | Shtajjeh, Mohammed |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shtajjeh, Mohammad; محمد اشتية (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Palestinian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th January 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tell, Nablus |