First Arafat Government
Palestinian government
First Arafat Government | |
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![]() 1st Cabinet of Palestinian National Authority | |
Date formed | July 5, 1994 |
Date dissolved | January 20, 1996 |
People and organisations | |
Head of government | Yasser Arafat |
Total no. of members | 20 |
History | |
Successor | Second Arafat Government |
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The First Arafat Government was formed in 1994, when Yasser Arafat returned to Palestine, settling in Gaza City and promoted self-governance for the Palestinian territories.[1] The government was dissolved following the 1996 Palestinian general election.
Government Composition
Yasser Arafat's first government consisted of 20 ministries, 17 ministers (including one woman, Intissar al-Wazir). The positions of ministers of the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Agriculture remained vacant, with a deputy minister appointed for each of them.
Members of the Government
S.No | Portrait | Name | Portfolio | Party | Remarks |
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1 | ![]() | Dr. Yasser Arafat[1] | President of the Palestinian National Authority | Fatah | Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization |
2 | ![]() | Ahmed Qurei[2] | Minister of National Economy | Fatah | Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization |
3 | ![]() | Nabil Shaath[3][4] | Planning Minister for the Palestinian National Authority | Fatah | |
4 | ![]() | Saeb Erekat[5] | Minister of Local Government | Fatah | |
5 | Riyad Deeb Salim Al-Za’noun | Minister of Health | Fatah | ||
6 | Freih Mustafa Freih Abu Madin | Minister of Justice | Fatah | ||
7 | Jamil Youssef Musleh Al-Tarifi | Ministry of Civil Affairs | Fatah | ||
8 | Zakaria al-Agha | Minister of Housing | Fatah | ||
9 | ![]() | Intissar al-Wazir | Minister of Social Development | Fatah | |
10 | ![]() | Yasser Abd Rabbo[6] | Minister of Culture | Palestinian Democratic Union | Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization |
11 | Azmi Al-Shuaibi | Minister of Youth and Sports | Palestinian Democratic Union | ||
12 | Samir Ghawshah[7] | Minister of Labour | Palestinian Popular Struggle Front | Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
13 | Mohammad Zuhdi Nashashibi[8] | Minister of Finance | Independent | Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
14 | Yasser Amr | Minister of Education | Independent | Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
15 | Abdul Aziz Al-Hajj | Minister of Transport | Independent | ||
16 | Abdul Hafeez Al-Ashhab | Minister of Communications | Independent | ||
17 | Elias Freij | Minister of Tourism | Independent | ||
18 | Hasan Tahboub[9] | Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs | Independent | ||
19 | vacant | Minister of Public Works and Housing | |||
20 | vacant | Minister of Agriculture |
References
- ^ a b Constitution of Palestine (1994) Wikisource 26 July 2006. Accessed on 7 November 2007
- ^ Architect of Self-Rule Apparently Leaves Arafat's Government. The New York Times, 18 September 1994
- ^ "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.
- ^ 'Politics in Palestine', Palestinian National Authority: The PA Ministerial Cabinet List Emergency Cabinet, October 2003 – November 2003 Archived 15 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre.
- ^ "Abd Rabbo, Yasir", pp. 6–7. Michael R. Fischbach, Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Infobase Publishing, 2005
- ^ Samir Ghousha, PPSF secretary-general and co-founder, dead at 72 Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Ma'an News Agency. 2009-08-05.
- ^ "منظمات وشخصيات فلسطينية تنعى المناضل الوطني الكبير محمد زهدي النشاشيبي". www.amadps.org (in Arabic). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "pmo.gov.ps". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2020.