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First Arafat Government

The First Arafat Government was formed in 1994, when Yasser Arafat returned to Palestine, settling in Gaza City and promoted self-governance for the Palestinian territories.[1] The government was dissolved following the 1996 Palestinian general election.

First Arafat Government

1st Cabinet of Palestinian National Authority
Date formed5 July 1994
Date dissolved17 May 1996
People and organisations
Head of governmentYasser Arafat
Total no. of members20
History
SuccessorSecond Arafat Government

Government Composition

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Yasser Arafat's first government consisted of 20 ministries, 17 ministers (including one woman, Intissar al-Wazir). The positions of ministers of the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Agriculture remained vacant, with a deputy minister appointed for each of them.

Members of the Government

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S.No Portrait Name Portfolio Party Remarks
1
 
 Dr. Yasser Arafat[1] President of the Palestinian National Authority Fatah Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
2
 
 Ahmed Qurei[2] Minister of National Economy Fatah Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
3
 
 Nabil Shaath[3][4] Planning Minister for the Palestinian National Authority Fatah
4
 
 Saeb Erekat[5] Minister of Local Government Fatah
5 Riyad Deeb Salim Al-Za’noun Minister of Health Fatah
6 Freih Mustafa Freih Abu Madin Minister of Justice Fatah
7 Jamil Youssef Musleh Al-Tarifi Ministry of Civil Affairs Fatah
8 Zakaria al-Agha Minister of Housing Fatah
9
 
 Intissar al-Wazir Minister of Social Development Fatah
10
 
 Yasser Abd Rabbo[6] Minister of Culture Palestinian Democratic Union Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
11 Azmi Al-Shuaibi Minister of Youth and Sports Palestinian Democratic Union
12 Samir Ghawshah[7] Minister of Labour Palestinian Popular Struggle Front Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
13 Mohammad Zuhdi Nashashibi[8] Minister of Finance Independent Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
14 Yasser Amr Minister of Education Independent Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization
15 Abdul Aziz Al-Hajj Minister of Transport Independent
16 Abdul Hafeez Al-Ashhab Minister of Communications Independent
17 Elias Freij Minister of Tourism Independent
18 Hasan Tahboub[9] Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs Independent
19 vacant Minister of Public Works and Housing
20 vacant Minister of Agriculture

References

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  1. ^ a b Constitution of Palestine (1994) Wikisource 26 July 2006. Accessed on 7 November 2007
  2. ^ Architect of Self-Rule Apparently Leaves Arafat's Government. The New York Times, 18 September 1994
  3. ^ "Nabil Shaath". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. ^ "SADAKA Ireland hosted Dr. Nabil Shaath in Ireland as part of its Visiting Speaker Programme". www.sadaka.ie. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. ^ 'Politics in Palestine', Palestinian National Authority: The PA Ministerial Cabinet List Emergency Cabinet, October 2003 – November 2003 Archived 15 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre.
  6. ^ "Abd Rabbo, Yasir", pp. 6–7. Michael R. Fischbach, Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Infobase Publishing, 2005
  7. ^ Samir Ghousha, PPSF secretary-general and co-founder, dead at 72 Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Ma'an News Agency. 2009-08-05.
  8. ^ "منظمات وشخصيات فلسطينية تنعى المناضل الوطني الكبير محمد زهدي النشاشيبي". www.amadps.org (in Arabic). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  9. ^ "pmo.gov.ps". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
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