Nabil Shaath

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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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 – 29 March 2006
Prime Minister	Ahmed Qurei
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Nasser al-Shaer
Minister of Information
In office 24 February 2005 – 29 March 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 Yakhlof
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
In office 30 April 2003 – 24 February 2005
Prime Minister	Mahmoud Abbas Ahmed Qurei
Preceded by	Office established
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	(1938-08-09) 9 August 1938 (age 86) Safad, Mandatory Palestine
Nationality	Palestinian
Political 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

Nabil Shaath (R), 2004

Nabil Shaath (L) with Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 1997

With the President of Brazil, Lula da Silva

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 Ahmad 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]

See also

• List of Fatah members
• Salah Al-Zawawi