Saeb Erekat
Saeb Erekat | |
|---|---|
| صائب محمد صالح عريقات | |
Erekat in 2014 | |
| Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
| In office 5 July 2015 – 10 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Yasser Abed Rabbo |
| Succeeded by | Hussein al-Sheikh |
| Member of the Palestinian Parliament for Jericho Governorate | |
| In office 7 March 1996 – 10 November 2020 | |
| Majority | 31,501 |
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 27 September 2004 – 24 February 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Qurei |
| Succeeded by | Nabil Shaath |
| Minister of Negotiations Affairs | |
| In office 30 April 2003 – 24 February 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Mahmoud Abbas Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office disestablished |
| Minister of Local Government | |
| In office 5 July 1994 – 30 April 2003 | |
| President | Yasser Arafat |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Jamal Al Shobaki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat 28 April 1955 |
| Died | 10 November 2020 (aged 65) |
| Party | Fatah |
| Spouse |
Neameh Erekat
(m. 1981; died 2020) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Noura Erakat (niece) Yousef Erakat (nephew) Ahmad Erekat (nephew) |
| Alma mater | City College of San Francisco San Francisco State University University of Bradford |
Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat (also Erikat, Erakat or Arekat; Arabic: صائب محمد صالح عريقات, romanized: Ṣāʾib ʿUrayqāt, Palestinian Arabic: ʿRēqāt; 28 April 1955 – 10 November 2020) was a Palestinian politician and diplomat who was the secretary general of the executive committee of the PLO from 2015 until his death in 2020. He served as chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee until 12 February 2011. He participated in early negotiations with Israel and remained chief negotiator from 1995 until May 2003, when he resigned in protest from the Palestinian government. He reconciled with the party and was reappointed to the post in September 2003. Erekat died in the Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem of complications from COVID-19 on 10 November 2020, at the age of 65.