Ziad Abu Amr

Ziad Abu Amr
زياد أبو عمرو
Abu Amr in 2017
Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Palestine
Assumed office
6 June 2013
Serving with Nabil Abu Rudeineh (since 2019)
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Prime MinisterMohammad Shtayyeh
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine
In office
18 March 2007 – 17 June 2007
Preceded byMahmoud al-Zahar
Succeeded bySalam Fayyad
Member of the PLO Executive Committee
Assumed office
May 2018
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council for Gaza City
Assumed office
20 January 1996
Personal details
Born (1950-01-22) 22 January 1950 (age 74)
Gaza City, Gaza Strip
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyIndependent
Alma materDamascus University
Georgetown University
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Ziad Abu Amr (Arabic: زياد أبو عمرو; born 1950) is a Palestinian politician, author, and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He currently serves as the first deputy prime minister and is a member (independent) of the PLO Executive Committee. From 18 March 2007 to 17 June 2007, he was Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. On 6 June 2013, Ziad Abu-Amr was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority by President Mahmoud Abbas.[1]

  1. ^ "West Bank: Palestinian Authority Swears in its New Prime Minister". The New York Times. 6 June 2013.