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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 resigned in July of that same year. He was previously the fourth prime minister of the Palestinian Authority from 2007 until the post was replaced. 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. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Salam Fayyad ( ; born 1952) is a Palestinian politician and the current Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority after being reappointed on 19 May 2009. His first appointment, on 15 June 2007, which was justified by President Mahmoud Abbas on the basis of "national emergency", has not been confirmed by the Palestinian Legislative Council , the Palestinian Authority's parliament. Fayyad has also been the finance minister from 17 March 2007 and previously held the post from June 2002 to November 2006. Fayyad is an internationally respected economist and politician.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Salam Fayyad ( , Salām Fayāḍ ; born 2 April 1952) is a Palestinian politician and former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority and briefly the first Prime Minister of the State of Palestine (January to June 2013).His first, appointment on 15 June 2007, which was justified by the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on the basis of "national emergency", was not confirmed by the Palestinian Legislative Council .He was reappointed on 19 May 2009. Fayyad has also been the finance minister from 17 March 2007 and previously held the post from June 2002 to November 2006. Fayyad is an internationally respected economist and politician. On 13 April 2013, Fayyad resigned as prime minister.He resigned because of political differences between him and Abbas over the finance portfolio.His successor, Rami Hamdallah , was named on 2 June 2013.BBC News , 17 June 2007 "Abbas asks caretaker Palestinian PM to stay on" .
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Palestinian politician Salam Fayyad ( , Salām Fayāḍ ; born 2 April 1951) is a Jordanian - Palestinian politician and former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority and Finance Minister.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 was popular in the West for his reform of the financial system within the Palestinian Authority.Fayyad is currently a visiting senior scholar and the Daniella Lipper Coules '95 Distinguished Visitor in Foreign Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University .
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Palestinian politician Salam Fayyad ( , Salām Fayāḍ ; born 1951 or 12 April 1952) is a Jordanian - Palestinian politician, who served as the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and the finance minister. 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 . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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palestinian politician and the current prime minister of the palestinian national authority after being reappoi
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palestinian politician and economist who served as the first prime minister of palestine from january 2013 unti
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