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 |
2 | Ziad Abu Amr | Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs[3] | |
3 | Muhammad Mustafa | Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs[3] | |
4 | Riyad al-Malki[7] | Foreign Affairs Minister | Ex.PFLP |
5 | Said Abu Ali | Interior Minister | Fatah |
6 | Shukri Bishara | Finance Minister | |
7 | Ali Muhanna | Justice | |
8 | Ahmad Majdalani | Labor | |
9 | Ali Abu Zuhri | Education Minister | |
10 | Kamal al-Sharafi | Social Affairs | |
11 | Mahmoud al-Habash | Waqf and Religious Affairs | |
12 | Rabiha Diab | Women's Affairs | |
13 | Issa Qaraqe | Prisoners Affairs | |
14 | Maher Ghneim | Public works and Housing | |
15 | Adnan al-Husseini | Jerusalem Affairs | |
16 | Jawad Harazallah | National Economy | |
17 | Rula Maa'yaa | Tourism and Antiquities | |
18 | Safaa’ Nasser Eddin | Telecommunications and Information Technology | |
19 | Walid Assaf | Agriculture | |
20 | Jawad Awwad | Health | |
21 | Sa’ed al-Kawni | Local Government | |
22 | Nabil Dmeidi | Transportation | |
23 | Muhammad Abu Ramadan | State for Planning affairs | |
24 | Hussein al-Sheikh | Civil Affairs [8] | Fatah |
25 | Fawwaz Aqel | Secretary-General of the Cabinet (Rank of Minister) |
See also
References
- 1 2 Abbas asks caretaker Palestinian PM to stay on. Agence France-Presse, 13 August 2013
- ↑ PA's Abbas accepts PM Hamdallah's resignation. Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post, 23 June 2013
- 1 2 3 Abbas swears in 16th Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah. Jerusalem Post, 19 September 2013
- ↑ Government of the State of Palestine, 6 June 2013. UN Observer SoP. Archived on 18 October 2013
- ↑ United Nations Development Programme—Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People. Archived on 17 September 2015
- ↑ 15th government of Palestinian Authority sworn in. Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post, 6 June 2013
- ↑ Kuwait News. KUNA, 17 November 2013
- ↑ Israel agrees to return stolen organs of dead Palestinians. Al Arabiya, 14 November 2013