Mohammad Shtayyeh
محمد اشتية
Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh
Shtayyeh in 2022
Prime Minister of the State of Palestine
Assumed office
13 April 2019
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Preceded byRami Hamdallah
Minister of the Palestinian Economic Council
Assumed office
2009
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Member of the Central Committee
Assumed office
2004
Minister of Public Works and Housing
In office
2008–2010
In office
2005–2006
Personal details
Born (1958-01-17) 17 January 1958 (age 66)
Tell, Jordanian West Bank
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyFatah
Alma materUniversity of Sussex
Birzeit University

Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh (Arabic: محمد اشتية; born 17 January 1958)[1] is a Palestinian politician, academic, and economist who has served as Prime Minister of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority since 2019. On 26 February 2024, he and his government announced their resignation, remaining in office in a demissionary capacity until a new government has been formed.

Elected to Fatah's Central Committee in the 2009 and 2016 elections, Shtayyeh is aligned with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.[2][3]

Shtayyeh was named a minister of Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR), a $1.6 billion public investment fund, in 1996. He served as its director of administration and finance from 1994 to 1996.[4]

Shtayyeh was a member of the Palestinian advance team at the Madrid Conference in 1991 and a member of the Palestinian negotiation delegation on subsequent occasions.[5] He was elected minister of public works and housing for the Palestinian Authority in 2005 and 2008.[6]

Education

Shtayyeh graduated from Birzeit University with a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics in 1981. He then attended the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex in Brighton, United Kingdom, receiving his doctorate in economic development in 1989.[4][7][8]

Career

Shtayyeh served as a professor of economic development from 1989 to 1991 at Birzeit University. He later became dean of student affairs there until 1993.[9]

From 1995 until 1998, Shtayyeh held the position of Secretary-General of the Central Elections Commission of Palestine.[10] Since 2005, Shtayyeh has been the Palestinian governor for the Islamic Bank.[11] From 2005–2006 and then again from 2008–2010, he was the minister of public works and housing.[12]

Elections Commission

As Secretary-General of the Central Elections Commission of Palestine, he negotiated an agreement with Israel in order to cooperate in the conduct of Palestinian presidential and legislative elections.[4]

Prime Minister of Palestine

Shtayyeh was appointed Prime Minister in March 2019, and took office on 13 April.[13][14] During his premiership, he has pursued peace negotiations between Hamas, which de facto controls the Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian central government in the West Bank.[15]

When heads of state from the 55-member African Union met for a two-day summit in February 2022, Shtayyeh urged the African Union to remove Israel's observer status.[16]

On 26 February 2024, in the midst of the ongoing Israel–Hamas war and its spillover in the West Bank, Shtayyeh announced he would resign, citing dissatisfaction with the current situation in the region and the need for "new governmental and political arrangements" as well as the full extension of Palestinian Authority control over the Palestinian territories.[17][18][19] Pending the appointment of a successor by President Mahmoud Abbas, Shtayyeh remains in office as head of a caretaker government.[19]

Boards and Commissions

Publications

Awards

References

  1. ^ "All 4 Palestine | Model Role Details". Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ Muhammad Shtayyeh (26 October 2016). "How to Save Obama's Legacy in Palestine". New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh". Palestinian Authority official site. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ""Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh's CV". PECDAR official site". www.pecdar.ps. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. ^ "An Insider's View of the Peace Process: A Palestinian Perspective". Brookings Doha Center official site. 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ^ "PA public works minister tenders resignation | Maan News Agency". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Prime-Minister-Shtayyeh-Bio.final_.pdf (un.org)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  8. ^ "New Palestinian PM: Who is Mohammad Shtayyeh?". France 24. 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  9. ^ Birzeit.edu DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | Birzeit University Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Palestinian Election Commission: The First Central Elections Commission Archived 3 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Islamic Bank Development; | Islamic Bank Website". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  12. ^ Maan News.net Ministry of Public Works and Housing | Maa'n News Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Joe Dyke (10 March 2019). "Hamas further sidelined by appointment of new PA premier Shtayyeh". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  14. ^ Hassan, Zaha. "An Interview with New Palestinian Authority Prime Minister". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Palestinian prime minister to Haaretz: 'The fact that we even survive is a miracle'". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Palestinian PM calls for African Union to withdraw Israel's observer status". France 24. France 24. News Wires. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Palestinian PM Shtayyeh hands resignation to Abbas over Gaza 'genocide'". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  18. ^ Dahman, Ibrahim (26 February 2024). "Palestinian Authority prime minister and government resign". World / Middle East. CNN. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  19. ^ a b Sawafta, Ali; Mackenzie, James; Jones, Gareth; Fletcher, Philippa (26 February 2024). "Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh resigns" (News article). Ramallah, Palestine & Cairo, Egypt: Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

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