Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (Palestine)
Government ministry of Palestine
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The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation is the branch of the Palestinian government that is responsible for cross-sector planning, developing comprehensive development policies with the participation of all relevant Palestinian institutions and to coordinate sector planning in specific ministries, to ensure their consistency with cross-sector approaches and plans. Any plan has to be approved by the Palestinian National Authority Cabinet and then ratified by the Palestinian Legislative Council. The ministry was established in 1994 as the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation. The current ministry has a relatively minor position in Palestinian politics and a minister was not appointed by Mahmoud Abbas after the establishment of an emergency government in June 2007.[1]
- Ramallah, Palestine
- Estephan Salameh, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
| وزارة التخطيط والتعاون الدولي | |
Seal of Palestine | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1994 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Palestine |
| Headquarters |
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Minister responsible |
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| Website | mop.gov.ps/ |
List of ministers
| No. | Name | Party | Government | Term start | Term end |
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| Minister of Planning and International Cooperation | |||||
| 1 | Nabil Shaath | Fatah | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 5 July 1994 | 30 April 2003 |
| Minister of Planning | |||||
| 2 | Nabeel Kassis | Independent | 6 | 30 April 2003 | 7 October 2003 |
| 3 | Salam Fayyad | Independent | 7 | 7 October 2003 | 12 November 2003 |
| (2) | Nabeel Kassis | Independent | 8 | 12 November 2003 | 24 February 2005 |
| 4 | Ghassan Khatib | Palestinian People's Party | 9 | 24 February 2005 | 29 March 2006 |
| 5 | Samir Abu Eisheh | Hamas | 10, 11 | 29 March 2006 | 14 June 2007 |
| 6 | Samir Abdullah | Independent | 12 | 14 June 2007 | 19 May 2009 |
| Minister of Planning and Administrative Development | |||||
| 7 | Ali Jarbawi | Independent | 13 | 19 May 2009 | 16 May 2012 |
| Minister of State for Planning and Administrative Development | |||||
| — | Mohammad Abu Ramadan | Independent | 14, 15, 16 | 16 May 2012 | 2 June 2014 |
| Minister of Finance and Planning | |||||
| — | Shoukry Bishara | Independent | 17, 18 | 2 June 2014 | 1 July 2019 |
| Minister of Planning and International Cooperation | |||||
| Vacant | 18 | 1 July 2019 | 31 March 2024 | ||
| 8 | Wael Zaqout | Independent | 19 | 31 March 2024 | 22 May 2025 |
| — | Samah Hamad (Interim) | Independent | 19 | 22 May 2025 | 23 June 2025 |
| 9 | Estephan Salameh | Independent | 19 | 23 June 2025 | 15 December 2025 |
| Minister of Finance and Planning | |||||
| — | Estephan Salameh | Independent | 19 | 15 December 2025 | Incumbent |
