Rami Hamdallah
Rami Hamdallah | |
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رامي الحمد الله | |
 Hamdallah in 2022 | |
| 2nd Prime Minister of Palestine | |
| In office 6 June 2013 – 14 April 2019 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Salam Fayyad |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Shtayyeh |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 2 June 2014 – 14 April 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Saeed Abu Ali |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Shtayyeh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rami Walid Kamel Hamdallah 10 August 1958 |
| Party | Fatah |
| Alma mater | University of Jordan (BA) University of Manchester (MA) Lancaster University (PhD) |
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Religion | Sunni Islam |
alma_mater which should be merged with/replaced by education.Rami Hamdallah (Arabic: رامي الحمد الله, romanized: Rāmī al-Ḥamd Allāh; born 10 August 1958) is a Palestinian politician and academic. He served as Prime Minister of Palestine from 2013 to 2019 and was previously the president of An-Najah National University in Nablus from 1998 to 2013.
On 2 June 2013, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named him to succeed Salam Fayyad as prime minister. His appointment was not recognized by Hamas, who were not consulted. He is a member of Fatahalthough the BBC described him as a political independent. On 20 June 2013, Hamdallah tendered his resignation, which Abbas accepted on 23 June. Six weeks later, Abbas asked Hamdallah to form a new government, which he did on 19 September 2013. He was appointed the head of the unity government on 2 June 2014, a position from which he resigned on 29 January 2019.