Palestinian Authority Governments of 2013

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The Palestinian Authority Governments of 2013 were two identical Palestinian Authority governments established in respectively June and September 2013. They ruled de facto over the West Bank only.

The Palestinian government of June 2013 by Rami Hamdallah was an emergency cabinet, appointed by Presidential decree by Mahmoud Abbas on 6 June 2013 in Ramallah and not approved by the Parliament. Two weeks later, Hamdallah resigned in protest of the appointment of two deputy prime ministers for political and economic affairs. Hamdallah later backtracked from his resignation and on 19 September 2013, the cabinet was sworn in for the second time, without any changes.

Timeline

On 6 June, President Mahmud Abbas appointed Rami Hamdallah Prime Minister without approval of the Legislative Council. Two weeks later, Hamdallah resigned in protest of the appointment of two deputy prime ministers for political and economic affairs.[1] According to Hassan Khraisheh, deputy speaker for the PLC, the real reason Hamdallah resigned was because he discovered the Prime Minister has no power and that there was no point in having a prime minister “at a time when President Abbas has a monopoly over all the executive branch’s authorities.” “The presence of two deputy prime ministers, who are friends of President Abbas, means that the prime minister is a powerless figure,”[2] Hamdallah’s June appointment was originally envisioned as an interim measure until a unity government with Hamas could be formed.

On 23 June, Abbas accepted Hamdallah’s resignation, but asked him to stay on on a caretaker basis until a new premier could be appointed.[1] Hamdallah later backtracked and on 19 September 2013, the cabinet was sworn in for the second time, without any changes.[3]

The governments succeeded the successive governments of Salam Fayyad, who had resigned as a consequence of the 2011–2012 anti-corruption protests. In June 2014, the government was replaced by a "unity government".

Members of the Government

June 2013 to June 2014 [4][5][6]

Minister Office Party
1 Rami Hamdallah Prime Minister Fatah
2Ziad Abu Amr Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs[3]
3 Muhammad Mustafa Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs[3]
4Riyad al-Malki[7] Foreign Affairs Minister Ex.PFLP
5Said Abu Ali Interior Minister Fatah
6Shukri Bishara Finance Minister
7Ali Muhanna Justice
8Ahmad Majdalani Labor
9Ali Abu Zuhri Education Minister
10Kamal al-Sharafi Social Affairs
11Mahmoud al-Habash Waqf and Religious Affairs
12Rabiha Diab Women's Affairs
13Issa Qaraqe Prisoners Affairs
14Maher Ghneim Public works and Housing
15Adnan al-Husseini Jerusalem Affairs
16Jawad Harazallah National Economy
17Rula Maa'yaa Tourism and Antiquities
18Safaa’ Nasser Eddin Telecommunications and Information Technology
19Walid Assaf Agriculture
20Jawad Awwad Health
21Sa’ed al-Kawni Local Government
22Nabil Dmeidi Transportation
23Muhammad Abu Ramadan State for Planning affairs
24 Hussein al-Sheikh Civil Affairs [8] Fatah
25Fawwaz Aqel Secretary-General of the Cabinet (Rank of Minister)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Abbas asks caretaker Palestinian PM to stay on. Agence France-Presse, 13 August 2013
  2. ↑ PA's Abbas accepts PM Hamdallah's resignation. Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post, 23 June 2013
  3. 1 2 3 Abbas swears in 16th Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah. Jerusalem Post, 19 September 2013
  4. ↑ Government of the State of Palestine, 6 June 2013. UN Observer SoP. Archived on 18 October 2013
  5. ↑ United Nations Development Programme—Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People. Archived on 17 September 2015
  6. ↑ 15th government of Palestinian Authority sworn in. Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post, 6 June 2013
  7. ↑ Kuwait News. KUNA, 17 November 2013
  8. ↑ Israel agrees to return stolen organs of dead Palestinians. Al Arabiya, 14 November 2013
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