Ahmed Qurei

Ahmed Qurei

Ahmed Ali Mohammad Qurei (also spelled Qureia or Qurie; Arabic: أحمد علي محمد قريع‎, Aḥmad ʿAlī Muḥammad Qurayʿ; 26 March 1937 – 22 February 2023), also known by his kunya Abu Alaa (Arabic: أبو علاء‎ Abū ʿAláʾ), was a Palestinian politician who served as the second prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority. First appointed to the position on 7 October 2003, he tendered his resignation on 26 January 2006, following the defeat of the Fatah party in the 2006 Palestinian legislative election, and remained in office in a caretaker capacity until 29 March when he was succeeded by Ismail Haniyeh. During his tenure as prime minister, he also had responsibility for security matters. He previously served as speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and held a variety of significant positions within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from the 1970s on. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmed Qurei is the 5,290th most popular politician (down from 2,684th in 2019). (down from 315th in 2019)