Salam Fayyad
Salam Fayyad | |
|---|---|
| سلام فياض | |
Fayyad in 2008 | |
| 1st Prime Minister of the State of Palestine | |
| In office 6 January 2013 – 6 June 2013 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority) |
| Succeeded by | Rami Hamdallah |
| 4th Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In office 15 June 2007 – 6 January 2013 (disputed with Ismail Haniyeh) | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Ismail Haniyeh |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Prime Minister of the State of Palestine) |
| Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 18 February 2006 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 3 March 2013 – 6 June 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Nabeel Kassis |
| Succeeded by | Shoukry Bishara |
| In office 17 March 2007 – 16 May 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Haniyeh Himself |
| Preceded by | Samir Abu Eisheh (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Nabeel Kassis |
| In office 13 June 2002 – 19 November 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasser Arafat Mahmoud Abbas Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Zuhdi Nashashibi |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Qurei (acting) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | |
| In office 15 June 2007 – 19 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Ziad Abu Amr |
| Succeeded by | Riyad al-Maliki |
| Minister of National Economy | |
| In office 7 October 2003 – 12 November 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Maher al-Masri |
| Succeeded by | Maher al-Masri |
| Minister of Planning | |
| In office 7 October 2003 – 12 November 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Nabeel Kassis |
| Succeeded by | Nabeel Kassis |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 7 October 2003 – 12 November 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Rafiq Al-Natsheh |
| Succeeded by | Rawhi Fattouh |
| Minister of Tourism and Antiquities | |
| In office 7 October 2003 – 12 November 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Mitri Abu Aita |
| Succeeded by | Mitri Abu Aita |
| Minister of Energy and Natural Resources | |
| In office 7 October 2003 – 12 November 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Qurei |
| Preceded by | Azzam Shawwa |
| Succeeded by | Azzam Shawwa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 April 1952 |
| Party | Third Way (2005–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (before 2005) |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut St. Edward's University University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Politician, economist |
Salam Fayyad (Arabic: سلام فياض, romanized: Salām Fayāḍ; born 12 April 1952) is a Palestinian politician and economist who served as the first prime minister of Palestine from January 2013 until his resignation in June of that same year. He was previously the fourth prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority from 2007 until the post was replaced in 2013. He was minister of finance from June to November 2005 and from March 2007 to May 2012.
Fayyad resigned from the cabinet in November 2005 to run as founder and leader of the new Third Way party for the legislative elections of 2006. The party was not successful, and Fayyad returned as Finance Minister in the March 2007 Unity Government. Fayyad's first appointment as Prime Minister on 15 June 2007, which was justified by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on the basis of "national emergency", was not confirmed by the Palestinian Legislative Council. His successor, Rami Hamdallah, was named on 2 June 2013.
Fayyad is a visiting senior scholar and the Daniella Lipper Coules '95 Distinguished Visitor in Foreign Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is widely known for introducing various reforms that improved the Palestinian economy.