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Salam Fayyad
prime minister of Palestinian Authority
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History & Society
- Born:
- 1952, Dayr al-Ghuṣūn, West Bank (age 72)
Salam Fayyad (born 1952, Dayr al-Ghuṣūn, West Bank) is a Palestinian economist who served as a technocratic prime minister (2007–09, 2009–13) of the Palestinian Authority (PA). He is known for his state-building program as prime minister as well as his role in shoring up the financial management of the PA during his time as finance minister (2002–05; 2007–12). Fayyad was born in a village near Tulkarm and, after receiving his elementary education in Nablus, moved with his family to Jordan, where he obtained his secondary education. In 1975 Fayyad graduated from the American University of Beirut and later attended St. ...(100 of 461 words)