Nabil Shaath

{{infobox officeholder

| name = Nabil Shaath
{{Nobold|{{lang|ar|نبيل شعث}}}}

| image = Nabil Shaath 0c182 8765 (3x4 cropped).jpg

| caption = Shaath in 2010

| order = Acting Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

| term_start = 15 December 2005

| term_end = 24 December 2005

| president = Mahmoud Abbas

| predecessor = Ahmed Qurei

| successor = Ahmed Qurei

| office1 = Deputy Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

| term_start1 = 24 February 2005

| term_end1 = 29 March 2006

| primeminister1 = Ahmed Qurei

| predecessor1 = Office established

| successor1 = Nasser al-Shaer

| office2 = Minister of Information

| term_start2 = 24 February 2005

| term_end2 = 29 March 2006

| primeminister2 = Ahmed Qurei

| predecessor2 = Saeb Erekat

| successor2 = Yousef Rizqa

| office3 = Acting Minister of Culture

| term_start3 = 7 October 2003

| term_end3 = 12 November 2003

| primeminister3 = Ahmed Qurei

| predecessor3 = Ziad Abu Amr

| successor3 = Yahya Yakhlof

| office4 = Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates

| term_start4 = 30 April 2003

| term_end4 = 24 February 2005

| primeminister4 = Mahmoud Abbas
Ahmed Qurei

| predecessor4 = Office established

| successor4 = Nasser al-Qudwa

| office5 = Minister of Planning and International Cooperation

| term_start5 = 5 July 1994

| term_end5 = 30 April 2003

| president5 = Yasser Arafat

| predecessor5 = Office established

| successor5 = Nabeel Kassis

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|8|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Safad, Mandatory Palestine

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Palestinian

| party = Fatah

| spouse =

| children =

| alma_mater = Alexandria University
University of Pennsylvania

}}

Nabil Ali Muhammad (Abu Rashid) Shaath ({{langx|ar|نبيل شعث}}, {{transliteration|ar|Nabīl Shaʿath}} ; born 9 August 1938{{cite web |url=https://www.shorouknews.com/mobile/news/view.aspx?cdate=12102016&id=06fcf967-6157-4b29-8f2e-c6a09e4185cf |language=ar |script-title=ar: مذكرات نبيل شعث «حياتى.. من النكبة إلى الثورة».. فى ظلال يافا «بلد الغريب» |website=Shorouk News |access-date=21 June 2024 |date=12 October 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://vision-pd.org/%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%AB/ |script-title=ar:نبيل شعث |language=ar |access-date=21 June 2024 |date=25 August 2023 |trans-title=Nabil Shaath |website=Vision for Political Development}} in Safad) is a Palestinian politician, banker, management and development expert.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Shaʿth, Nabil Ali Muhammad (Abu Rashid; 1938–) |first=Claude |last=Faure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524185537/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3434401007.html |archive-date=24 May 2013 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3434401007.html |encyclopedia=Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |date=2004}}

Academic career

Shaath received his master's degree in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences. He taught at the university from 1961 to 1965.

Political career

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Shaath has served as Palestinian chief negotiator, Palestinian International Co-operation Minister, Planning Minister for the Palestinian National Authority and Acting Prime Minister of the PNA.{{Cite web|title=Nabil Shaath|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/nabil-shaath|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Jewish Virtual Library}}{{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=Sadaka |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230621104622/http://www.sadaka.ie/What_We_Do/Political_Lobbying/NabilShaath.html |archive-date=21 June 2023}} Shaath led the coordinating committee of the Palestinian delegation to the Oslo I Accord talks in Washington, D.C.{{cite web |last1=European Council on Foreign Relations |title=Nabil Shaath |url=https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/nabil_shaath_pa/ |website=Mapping Palestinian Politics |access-date=19 April 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Los Angeles Times |title=Israelis, Palestinians reflect on the Oslo peace accords 20 years on |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-israel-palestinians-oslo-reflections-20-years-20130912-story.html |access-date=19 April 2025 |agency=Los Angeles Times |date=September 13, 2013}}

Shaath also served as the Palestinian Authority's first foreign minister from April 2003 to February 2005.

Shaath was a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information in the Palestinian Authority Government of February 2005. On 15 December 2005, he became Acting Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority after Ahmad Qurei resigned. He lost that position nine days later when Qurei returned to office.

Awards and recognition

Shaath appeared in the 2009 documentary Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace about the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvfestival.net/content/Opening-Film/openUK.php |title=Opening Film: Back Door Channels |access-date=March 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005002038/http://www.tvfestival.net/content/Opening-Film/openUK.php |archive-date=October 5, 2009|website=TV Fest 2009}} The film was released by Channel Productions in New York City.{{cite web |last1=Weissberg |first1=Jay |title=Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/back-door-channels-the-price-of-peace-1117944010/ |website=Variety |access-date=21 June 2024 |date=8 November 2010}}