Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (Palestine)

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]

Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation

وزارة التخطيط والتعاون الدولي
Seal of Palestine
Agency overview
Formed	1994
Jurisdiction	Government of Palestine
Headquarters	Ramallah, Palestine
Minister responsible	Samah Hamad [ar], Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
Website	mop.gov.ps/

List of ministers

No.	Name	Party	Date
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
1	Nabil Shaath	Fatah	5 July 1994 – 30 April 2003
Minister of Planning
2	Nabeel Kassis	Fatah	30 April 2003 – 7 October 2003
3	Salam Fayyad	Independent	7 October 2003 – 12 November 2003
4	Nabeel Kassis	Fatah	12 November 2003 – 24 February 2005
5	Ghassan Khatib	Palestinian People's Party	24 February 2005 – 29 March 2006
6	Samir Abu Eisheh	Hamas	29 March 2006 – 14 June 2007
7	Samir Abdullah [ar]	Independent	15 June 2007 – 19 May 2009
Minister of Planning and Administrative Development
8	Ali Jarbawi	Independent	19 May 2009 – 16 May 2012
Minister of State for Planning and Administrative Development
—	Mohammad Abu Ramadan [ar]	Independent	16 May 2012 – 2 June 2014
Minister of Finance and Planning
—	Shoukry Bishara	Independent	2 June 2014 – 1 July 2019
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
	Vacant		1 July 2019 – 31 March 2024
9	Wael Zaqout [ar]	Independent	31 March 2024 – 22 May 2025
—	Samah Hamad [ar] (Interim)	Independent	22 May 2025 – 23 June 2025
10	Estefan Salameh [ar]	Independent	23 June 2025 – present