Nabil Shaath
Politician of Palestine (born 1938)
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Nabil Ali Muhammad (Abu Rashid) Shaath (Arabic: نبيل شعث, Nabīl Shaʿath ; born 9 August 1938[1][2] in Safad) is a Palestinian politician, banker, management and development expert.[3]
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Nabil Shaath نبيل شعث | |
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Shaath in 2010 | |
| Acting Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In office 15 December 2005 – 24 December 2005 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Qurei |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Qurei |
| Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In office 24 February 2005 – 3 January 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Nasser al-Shaer |
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 24 February 2005 – 3 January 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Saeb Erekat |
| Succeeded by | Yousef Rizqa |
| Acting Minister of Culture | |
| In office 7 October 2003 – 12 November 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Ziad Abu Amr |
| Succeeded by | Yahya Yakhlif |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | |
| In office 30 April 2003 – 24 February 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Mahmoud Abbas Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Jamal al-Husayni (1948) |
| Succeeded by | Nasser al-Qudwa |
| Minister of Planning and International Cooperation | |
| In office 5 July 1994 – 30 April 2003 | |
| President | Yasser Arafat |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Nabeel Kassis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1938 |
| Party | Fatah |
| Alma mater | Alexandria University University of Pennsylvania |
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
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 led the coordinating committee of the Palestinian delegation to the Oslo I Accord talks in Washington, D.C.[6][7] 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 Ahmed 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.[8] The film was released by Channel Productions in New York City.[9]
