Planning Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
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The Planning Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority 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 2003, although it unofficially existed as the former Planning and International Cooperation Ministry. 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.
Palestinian territories
The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...
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
Palestinian National Authority
The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
Cabinet and then ratified by the Palestinian Legislative Council
Palestinian Legislative Council
The Palestinian Legislative Council, the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 132 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank and Gaza...
. The ministry was established in 2003, although it unofficially existed as the former Planning and International Cooperation Ministry. The current ministry has a relatively minor position in Palestinian politics
Politics of the Palestinian National Authority
The politics of the Palestinian National Authority take place within the framework of a semi-presidential multi-party republic, with a Legislative Council, an executive President, and a Prime Minister leading the Cabinet. The PNA is not an internationally recognized independent sovereign state...
and a minister was not appointed by Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas , also known by the kunya Abu Mazen , has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation since 11 November 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority on 15 January 2005 on the Fatah ticket.Elected to serve until 9 January 2009, he unilaterally...
after the establishment of an emergency government in June 2007.
Ministers
| Name | Party | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nabeel Kassis Nabeel Kassis Nabeel Kassis is an Palestinian academic and politician from Ramallah. He is currently the president of Birzeit University. In 2003, he served as the Planning Minister of the Palestinian National Authority after previously serving as the Tourism Minister in 2002 and State Minister in 1998. He was... |
Fatah Fatah Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found... |
November 2003-February 2005 |
| Ghassan Khatib Ghassan Khatib Ghassan Khatib is a Palestinian politician. He was born in Nablus, in the West Bank, and is a member of the Palestinian People's Party. Khatib is married with three children. He was also a member of the Madrid Peace Delegation in 1991 and was involved in the Washington negotiations from 1991 to... |
Palestinian People's Party Palestinian People's Party The Palestinian People's Party , founded in 1982 as the Palestinian Communist Party, is a socialist political party in the Palestinian territories and among the Palestinian diaspora.... |
February 2005-March 2006 |
| Samir Abu Eisheh Samir Abu Eisheh Samir Abu Eisheh is the former Planning Minister of the Palestinian National Authority . He served in the Palestinian Tenth Government and Eleventh Government as an expert in planning. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a PhD in Civil Engineering... |
Hamas Hamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... |
March 2006-June 2007 (dismissed; Planning Minister for emergency government is currently discontinued) |
| Samir Abdullah | Independent | June 2007-May 2009 |
| Ali Jarbawi Ali Jarbawi Ali Jarbawi is the current Minister of Planning and Administrative Development of the Government of the Palestinian National Authority.. Prior to this appointment he worked in government as a special adviser to the Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and supervised the preparation of the Palestinian... |
Independent | May 2009- |
See also
- Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityForeign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityThe Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority is in charge of foreign relations. In June 2006, Israel attacked the ministry's office in Gaza City twice...
- Finance Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityFinance Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityThe Finance Minister of the Palestinian Authority is the head of the Palestinian National Authority branch that is in charge of finance. The minister deals with launching audits, collecting tax from Palestinian businesses and overseeing financial aid directed to the PNA...
- Interior Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityInterior Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityThe Interior Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority is the branch of the Palestinian National Authority cabinet in charge of the security and statistics of the Palestinian people. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is a sub-branch of the Interior Ministry that has the...
- Education Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityEducation Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityThe Ministry of Education and Higher Education of the Palestinian National Authority is the branch of the Palestinian government in charge of managing the education in the Palestinian territories. It was established in 1994 after the formation of the Palestinian National Authority...