First Arafat Government

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| date_dissolved = 17 May 1996

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{{Politics of Palestine}}

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.Constitution of Palestine (1994) Wikisource 26 July 2006. Accessed on 7 November 2007 The government was dissolved following the 1996 Palestinian general election.

Government Composition

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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1

|File:Leader_of_the_PLO,_Yasser_Arafat,_1996_Dan_Hadani_Archive.jpg

|Dr. Yasser Arafat

|President of the Palestinian National Authority and Minister of Interior

|Fatah

|Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization

2

|File:أحمد قريع.jpg

|Ahmed Qurei[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/world/architect-of-self-rule-apparently-leaves-arafat-s-government.html Architect of Self-Rule Apparently Leaves Arafat's Government]. The New York Times, 18 September 1994

|Minister of National Economy

|Fatah

|Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization

3

|File:Nabil_Shaath_0c182_8694.jpg

|Nabil Shaath{{Cite web|title=Nabil Shaath|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/nabil-shaath|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}{{Cite web|title=SADAKA Ireland hosted Dr. Nabil Shaath in Ireland as part of its Visiting Speaker Programme|url=http://www.sadaka.ie/What_We_Do/Political_Lobbying/NabilShaath.html|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.sadaka.ie}}

|Minister of Planning and International Cooperation

|Fatah

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4

|File:Saeb_Erekat_December_2014.jpg

|Saeb Erekat[http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/newemerggov03.htm 'Politics in Palestine', Palestinian National Authority: The PA Ministerial Cabinet List Emergency Cabinet, October 2003 – November 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815135404/http://jmcc.org/politics/pna/newemerggov03.htm |date=15 August 2007 }}, Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre.

|Minister of Local Government

|Fatah

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5

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|Riyad Deeb Salim Al-Za’noun

|Minister of Health

|Fatah

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6

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|Freih Mustafa Freih Abu Madin

|Minister of Justice

|Fatah

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7

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|Jamil Youssef Musleh Al-Tarifi

|Minister of Civil Affairs

|Fatah

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8

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|Zakaria al-Agha

|Minister of Housing

|Fatah

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9

|File:Intissar_al-Wazir.jpg

|Intissar al-Wazir

|Minister of Social Affairs

|Fatah

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10

|File:Yasser_Abd_Rabbo.jpg

|Yasser Abd Rabbo[https://books.google.com/books?id=GkbzYoZtaJMC&pg=PA6 "Abd Rabbo, Yasir"], pp. 6–7. Michael R. Fischbach, Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Infobase Publishing, 2005

|Minister of Culture

|Palestinian Democratic Union

|Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization

11

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|Azmi Al-Shuaibi

|Minister of Youth and Sports

|Palestinian Democratic Union

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12

|

|Samir Ghawshah[http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=216550&MARK=Samir%20Ghosha Samir Ghousha, PPSF secretary-general and co-founder, dead at 72] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227195125/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=216550&MARK=Samir%20Ghosha |date=27 February 2012 }}. Ma'an News Agency. 2009-08-05.

|Minister of Labour

|Palestinian Popular Struggle Front

|Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization

13

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|Mohammad Zuhdi Nashashibi{{cite web|url=https://amadps.org/index.php/ar/post/333826|title=منظمات وشخصيات فلسطينية تنعى المناضل الوطني الكبير محمد زهدي النشاشيبي|date=27 January 2020|work=www.amadps.org|language=ar|accessdate=5 February 2020}}

|Minister of Finance

|Independent

|Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization

14

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|Yasser Amr

|Minister of Education

|Independent

|Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization

15

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|Abdul Aziz Al-Hajj

|Minister of Transport

|Independent

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16

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|Abdul Hafeez Al-Ashhab

|Minister of Communications

|Independent

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17

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|Elias Freij

|Minister of Tourism

|Independent

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18

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|Hasan Tahboub{{Cite web |url=http://www.pmo.gov.ps/ |title=pmo.gov.ps |access-date=2020-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704122941/http://www.pmo.gov.ps/ |archive-date=2008-07-04 |url-status=dead }}

|Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs

|Independent

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19

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|Vacant

|Minister of Public Works

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20

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|Vacant

|Minister of Agriculture

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