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'''Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei''' (or '''Qureia'''; {{lang-ar|أحمد علي محمد قريع}}, {{transl|ar|Aḥmad ʿAlī Muḥammad Qurayʿ}}; 26 March 1937 – 22 February 2023), also known by his Arabic name '']'' '''Abu Alaa''' ({{lang|ar|أبو علاء}} {{transl|ar|Abū ʿAláʾ}}), was a ]. '''Ahmed Ali Mohammad Qurei''' (also spelled '''Qureia''' or '''Qurie'''; {{Langx|ar|<small>{{Script/Arabic|أحمد علي محمد قريع}}</small>}}, {{transl|ar|Aḥmad ʿAlī Muḥammad Qurayʿ}}; 26 March 1937<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAd8efHdVzIC&dq=Ahmed+Qurei+March+26%2C+1937&pg=PA841 | title=The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History &#91;4 volumes&#93;: A Political, Social, and Military History | isbn=978-1-85109-842-2 | last1=Tucker | first1=Spencer C. | last2=Roberts | first2=Priscilla | date=12 May 2008 | publisher=Abc-Clio }}</ref> – 22 February 2023), also known by his '']'' '''Abu Alaa''' ({{Langx|ar|<small>{{Script/Arabic|أبو علاء}}</small>}} {{transl|ar|Abū ʿAláʾ}}), was a ] politician who served as the second ].


First appointed to the position in October 2003, he tendered his resignation on 26 January 2006, following the defeat of the ] party in the ], and remained in office in a caretaker capacity until 19 February when he was succeeded by ]. During his tenure as prime minister, he also had responsibility for security matters. He previously served as speaker of the ] and held a variety of significant positions within the ] (PLO) from the 1970s on.<ref>{{cite news|title=Profile: Ahmed Qurei|work=BBC|date=12 November 2003|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1932797.stm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pike|first1=John|title=Ahmed Qurei First appointed to the position in October 2003, he tendered his resignation on 26 January 2006, following the defeat of the ] party in the ], and remained in office in a caretaker capacity until 19 February when he was succeeded by ]. During his tenure as prime minister, he also had responsibility for security matters. He previously served as speaker of the ] (PLC) and held a variety of significant positions within the ] (PLO) from the 1970s on.<ref name="BBC 2003">{{cite news|title=Profile: Ahmed Qurei|work=BBC|date=12 November 2003|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1932797.stm |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pike|first1=John|title=Ahmed Qurei |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/palestine/ahmed_qurei.htm|website=www.globalsecurity.org |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>
|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/palestine/ahmed_qurei.htm|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref>


==Early political career== ==Early political career==
Qurei was born in ] (near ]), ], in 1937.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ahmed Qorei Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/05/world/meast/ahmed-qorei-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=25 June 2021|website=CNN|date=5 August 2013}}</ref> He joined the Fatah faction, the largest of the political and military organizations making up the Palestine Liberation Organization, in 1968. As a banker, he used his expertise during the 1970s as the director of the PLO's foreign investment branch and director-general of the PLO's economic branch, helping to make the organization one of the largest employers in Lebanon. He followed ] to ] after the PLO was forced to leave Lebanon. As more senior leaders died, Qurei rose to prominence and was elected to the ] in August 1989. Qurei was born in ] (near ]), ], in 1937.<ref name="CNN 2013">{{Cite web|title=Ahmed Qorei Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/05/world/meast/ahmed-qorei-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=20 June 2024|website=CNN|date=5 August 2013}}</ref> He joined the ] faction, the largest of the political and military organisations making up the ], in 1968.<ref name="CNN 2013"/> As a banker, he used his expertise during the 1970s as the director of the PLO's foreign investment branch and director-general of the PLO's economic branch, helping to make the organisation one of the largest employers in Lebanon.<ref name="BBC 2003"/> He followed ] to ] after the PLO was forced to leave Lebanon.<ref name="BBC 2003"/> As more senior leaders died, Qurei rose to prominence and was elected to the ] in August 1989.<ref name="BBC 2003"/>


As a member of the Central Committee, Qurei was instrumental in negotiating the ] (1993). He also founded and became director of the ] (PECDAR) in 1993 in order to help garner money from international donors. As a member of the Central Committee, Qurei was instrumental in negotiating the ] (1993).<ref name="BBC 2003"/> He also founded and became director of the ] (PECDAR) in 1993<ref name="BBC 2003"/> to help garner money from international donors.
He held various posts in the first Palestinian Authority cabinets including Minister of Economy & Trade and Minister of Industry.<ref>. ''The New York Times'', 18 September 1994</ref> He was also responsible for a development plan for the Palestinian territories submitted to the World Bank in 1993. He held various posts in the first Palestinian Authority cabinets including Minister of Economy & Trade and Minister of Industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/world/architect-of-self-rule-apparently-leaves-arafat-s-government.html |title=Architect of Self-Rule Apparently Leaves Arafat's Government |work=The New York Times |date=18 September 1994 |first=Clyde |last=Haberman}}</ref> He was also responsible for a development plan for the Palestinian territories submitted to the World Bank in 1993.<ref name="BBC 2003"/>


Qurei was elected as the ] on 7 March 1996 in Gaza.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Political Handbook of the World 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6mFCwAAQBAJ|year=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349149513|via=Google Books}}</ref> Qurei was elected as the ] on 7 March 1996 in Gaza.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Political Handbook of the World 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6mFCwAAQBAJ|year=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349149513|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Palestinian PM nominee is skilled negotiator |date=10 September 2003 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/09/08/qorei.profile/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>


Later, he took part in the ] with ]<ref name="ArutzSheva">{{Cite web |date=22 February 2023 |title=Former PA cabinet leader Ahmed Qurei dies at 85 |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367843 |first=Elad |last=Benari |website=Israel National News |language=en |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> and the ] with ].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ben-Ami |first=Shlomo |title=Prophets without Honor: The 2000 Camp David Summit and the End of the Two-State Solution |publisher=] |year=2022 |isbn=978-0-19-006047-3 |pages=176}}</ref> Soon after, he was reelected to the PLC as a speaker in March 2001.<ref name="CNN 2013"/>
Later, at Camp David (from 11 to 25 July 2000), he took part in the negotiations with ]. Soon after, he was reelected to the PLC as a speaker in March 2000.


==Prime Minister== ==Prime minister==
After the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister ] on 6 September 2003, Qurei became Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and acting Prime Minister. Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat nominated Qurei for the post of prime minister. Qurei accepted the nomination for the post in an "emergency government" on 10 September.<ref>. Sky News, 10 September 2003</ref><ref>Tom Lansford,, p. 1631 (last para but one). CQ Press, March 2014.</ref> The next day, the Israeli government, apparently in response to bombings two days earlier, released a statement, announcing the decision that President Arafat would be "removed"<ref>. BBC, 11 September 2003</ref> Qurei decided upon that to form a full government rather than a trimmed one.<ref>. PBS, 11 September 2003</ref> After the resignation of Palestinian prime minister ] on 6 September 2003, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat nominated Qurei for the post of prime minister.<ref name="CNN 2013"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arafat names Qurei to replace Abbas |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2003/09/07/Arafat-names-Qurei-to-replace-Abbas/58811062974346/ |date=7 September 2003 |website=UPI |language=en |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> Qurei accepted the nomination for the post in an "emergency government" on 10 September.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/208841/us-warning-as-qurei-accepts-pms-role |title=US Warning As Qurei Accepts PM's Role |website=Sky News |date=10 September 2003 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160304133951/https://news.sky.com/story/208841/us-warning-as-qurei-accepts-pms-role |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Tom |last=Lansford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iC_VBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1628 |title=Political Handbook of the World 2014 |page=1631 (last para but one) |publisher=CQ Press |date=March 2014|isbn=978-1-4833-8626-3 }}</ref> The next day, the Israeli government, apparently in response to bombings two days earlier, released a statement, announcing the decision that President Arafat would be "removed."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3102154.stm |title=Excerpts: Israeli security cabinet statement |work=BBC |date=11 September 2003 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> Qurei decided upon that to form a full government rather than a trimmed one.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/middle_east-july-dec03-mideast_09-11/ |title=Israeli Cabinet Votes to Expel Arafat, but Delays Action |work=PBS |date=11 September 2003 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>


Qurei could not form a new cabinet because of a dispute with Arafat about the choice of an ].<ref name=voa_2003-11-15>. Voice of America, 15 November 2003. <br>Mister Qureia was speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He became acting prime minister in September. He could not form a cabinet, however, because of a dispute with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. Mister Qureia had threatened to resign when Mister Arafat would not approve his choice of interior minister. The dispute lasted ten weeks"</ref> He said he would only accept the position if he had guarantees that Israel would comply with its obligations under the ] plan. Israel's non-compliance and the United States not having done enough to enforce Israeli compliance with the peace plan, along with a lack of internal support, had been reasons for Abbas' earlier resignation.<ref name=cbs-ap_potato>. Ellen Crean, CBS/AP, 9 September 2003</ref><ref name=cnn_2003-11-12>. CNN, 12 November 2003.</ref> On 5 October 2003, Qurei was appointed prime minister by presidential decree,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/06/content_269526.htm |title=Arafat installs emergency government |work=Agencies-China Daily |date=6 October 2003 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031215205900/http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/emerggovdecree.htm |title=Presidential Decree No. ( ) of 2003 |via=Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre|archive-date=15 December 2003 |url=http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/emerggovdecree.htm}}</ref> and an eight-member emergency government was sworn in on 7 October.<ref name=pa_oct-nov_2003>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905105931/http://jmcc.org/politics/pna/newemerggov03.htm |title=The PA Ministerial Cabinet List—Emergency Cabinet October 2003 – November 2003 |via=Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre |archive-date=5 September 2006 |url=http://jmcc.org/politics/pna/newemerggov03.htm}}</ref> However, Qurei could not form a new cabinet because of a dispute with Arafat which lasted for 10 weeks over the choice of an ] and control of the ], and he threatened to resign.<ref name=voa_2003-11-15>{{cite web |url=http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/a-23-a-2003-11-16-1-1-83114722/121058.html |title=In the News: New Palestinian Government |website=Voice of America |date=15 November 2003 |access-date=20 June 2024 |quote=Mister Qureia was speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He became acting prime minister in September. He could not form a cabinet, however, because of a dispute with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. Mister Qureia had threatened to resign when Mister Arafat would not approve his choice of interior minister. The dispute lasted ten weeks.}}</ref> While the Fatah Central Committee had agreed to the emergency cabinet with Qurei as caretaker prime minister, the Fatah-dominated PLC refused to hold a vote of confidence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast/ |title=Palestinian designate: Future as PM uncertain |website=CNN |date=12 October 2003 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> The emergency cabinet's term expired on 4 November but Arafat asked Qurei to remain in office despite their dispute,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arafat asks Qurei to form new Cabinet |work=The Boston Globe |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/10/29/arafat_asks_qurei_to_form_new_cabinet/ |date=29 October 2003 |first= Lara |last=Sukhtian |language=en |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> and the PLC approved a new ] on 12 November.<ref name=voa_2003-11-15/><ref name=cnn_2003-11-12/> Among Qurei's top priorities was negotiating and meeting the ] plan with Israel.<ref name="voa_2003-11-15"/> Israel's non-compliance and the United States not having done enough to enforce Israeli compliance with the peace plan, along with a lack of internal support, had been reasons for Abbas' earlier resignation.<ref name=cbs-ap_potato>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/palestinian-pm-post-a-hot-potato/ |title=Palestinian PM Post A Hot Potato |first=Ellen |last=Crean |work=CBS News |publisher=Associated Press |date=9 September 2003 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=cnn_2003-11-12>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/12/palestinian.gov/ |title=New Palestinian government approved |work=CNN |date=12 November 2003 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>


⚫ On 17 July 2004, he submitted his resignation amid growing chaos in the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3922537.stm |title=Arafat denies he is facing crisis |work=BBC |date=24 July 2004 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> Offices of the Palestinian authority in Gaza were burned down, and gunmen briefly abducted 4 French aid workers, the police chief and another official, demanding reforms.<ref name=sky_emergency/> Arafat refused to accept Qurei's resignation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mg.co.za/article/2004-07-18-arafat-refuses-qorei-resignation |title=Arafat refuses Qorei resignation |publisher=Sapa-AFP |date=18 July 2004 |work=Mail & Guardian |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> Arafat and Qurei disputed on Qurei's demand for more authority to restructure the security forces to reduce the growing turmoil.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=Joseph |date=21 July 2004 |title=Arafat and His Premier Locked in Stalemate |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/21/world/arafat-and-his-premier-locked-in-stalemate.html |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> President Arafat decreed a State of Emergency in Gaza.<ref name=sky_emergency>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/283586/state-of-emergency-declared-in-gaza |title=State Of Emergency Declared In Gaza |work=Sky News |date=18 July 2004 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20151208154151/https://news.sky.com/story/283586/state-of-emergency-declared-in-gaza |archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> On 27 July Arafat and Qurei held a press conference after reaching a settlement in a cabinet meeting. Qurei had retracted his resignation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 July 2004 |title=Qurei Ends Government Standoff by Withdrawing Resignation |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/middle_east-july-dec04-qurei_07-27 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>
On 5 October 2003, Qurei was appointed prime minister by presidential decree<ref>. Agencies-China Daily, 6 October 2003</ref><ref>. JMCC, archived 15 December 2003</ref> and an eight-member emergency government was sworn in on 7 October,<ref name=pa_oct-nov_2003>. JMCC. Archived 5 September 2006</ref> but already on 12 October, he threatened to resign because of a dispute with Arafat over control of the ]. While the Fatah Central Committee had agreed to the emergency cabinet with Qurei as caretaker prime minister, the Fatah-dominated PLC refused to hold a vote of confidence.<ref>. CNN, 12 October 2003</ref> The emergency cabinet's term expired on 4 November and Qurei declared that he was willing to lead a new cabinet provided the support of the parliament could be obtained. On 12 November, the PLC approved a ].<ref name=voa_2003-11-15/><ref name=cnn_2003-11-12/>


⚫ After Arafat's death in November 2004 and Mahmoud Abbas' subsequent victory in the Palestinian presidential election of 2005, Qurei was asked to continue in his post and form a new cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbas, Qurei mend their differences, agree to from a new government |work=IMEMC News |url=https://imemc.org/article/14376/ |access-date=20 June 2024 |date=11 October 2005 |language=en-US}}</ref> Due to repeated demands by the Fatah officials and PLC members to make the new cabinet more reform-minded, the vote of confidence was repeatedly delayed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-02/24/content_419048.htm |title=Palestinians to hold thrice-delayed vote on cabinet |work=China Daily |date=24 February 2005 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> It was finally passed on 24 February 2005 after Qurei had revised the list of ministers to accommodate these demands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PALESTINE – Feb 22 – Qurei Puts Technocrats In Place Of 'Old Guard' |via=Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/PALESTINE+-+Feb+22+-+Qurei+Puts+Technocrats+In+Place+Of+%27Old+Guard%27.-a0130055085 |access-date=23 February 2023 |work=APS Diplomat Recorder}}</ref>
⚫ On 17 July 2004, he submitted his resignation amid growing chaos in the ].<ref>. BBC, 24 July 2004</ref> Offices of the Palestinian authority in Gaza were burned down, and gunmen briefly abducted 4 French aid workers, the police chief and another official, demanding reforms.<ref name=sky_emergency/> Arafat refused to accept Qurei's resignation.<ref>. Sapa-AFP, 18 July 2004</ref> Arafat and Qurei disputed on Qurei's demand for more authority to restructure the security forces to reduce the growing turmoil. President Arafat decreed a State of Emergency in Gaza.<ref name=sky_emergency>. Sky News, 18 July 2004</ref> On 27 July Arafat and Qurei held a press conference after reaching a settlement in a cabinet meeting. Qurei had retracted his resignation.


⚫ On 15 December 2005 Qurei briefly resigned his prime ministership post to run for a seat in the ], but returned to office nine days later after deciding not to run.<ref name="ArutzSheva"/> On 26 January 2006 Qurei announced his intention to resign following the Fatah party's defeat by ] in the ].<ref name=bbc_pm_quit>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4649606.stm |title=Palestinian PM to quit after poll |publisher=BBC |date=26 January 2006 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Erlanger |first=Steven |date=26 January 2006 |title=Victory Ends 40 Years of Political Domination by Arafat's Party |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/international/middleeast/victory-ends-40-years-of-political-domination-by.html |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> At the request of PNA President, ], Qurei remained in office in a caretaker capacity until being replaced by ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palestinian Prime Ministers Since 2003 |url=https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/1687621/palestinian-prime-ministers-2003 |date=20 April 2019 |website=Asharq AL-awsat |language=en |first= Kifah |last=Zboun |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>
⚫ After Arafat's death and Mahmoud Abbas' subsequent victory in the Palestinian presidential election of 2005, Qurei was asked to continue in his post and form a new cabinet. Due to repeated demands by the Fatah officials and PLC members to make the new cabinet more reform-minded, the vote of confidence was repeatedly delayed.<ref>. Agencies/China Daily, 24 February 2005</ref> It was finally passed on 24 February 2005 after Qurei had revised the list of ministers to accommodate these demands.

⚫ On 15 December 2005 Qurei briefly resigned his prime ministership post to run for a seat in the ], but returned to office nine days later after deciding not to run. On 26 January 2006 Qurei announced his intention to resign following the Fatah party's defeat by ] in the ].<ref name=bbc_pm_quit>. BBC, 26 January 2006</ref> At the request of ], ], Qurei remained in office in a caretaker capacity until a successor was named.


==Later life and death== ==Later life and death==
In 2004 Qurei said that if Israel failed to conclude an agreement with the Palestinians, that the Palestinians would pursue a single, bi-national state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3381493.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Palestinian PM's 'one state' call |date=9 January 2004|access-date=5 May 2010}}</ref> During the 6th Fatah conference in August 2009, he failed to get reelected to the Fatah Central Committee. In 2012, in an article in '']'' newspaper, Ahmed Qurei called for Palestinians to reconsider a one-state instead of a two-state solution. He blamed Israel for "burying" or "decapitating" the two-state solution though the building of settlements.<ref>Khaled Abu Toameh. (17 March 2012). , ''Jerusalem Post''.</ref> In 2004 Qurei said that if Israel failed to conclude an agreement with the Palestinians, that the Palestinians would pursue a single, bi-national state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3381493.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Palestinian PM's 'one state' call |date=9 January 2004|access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> During the 6th Fatah conference in August 2009, he failed to get reelected to the Fatah Central Committee.<ref name="CNN 2013"/> In 2012, in an article in '']'' newspaper, Ahmed Qurei called for Palestinians to reconsider a one-state instead of a two-state solution.<ref name="JPost 2012"/> He blamed Israel for "burying" or "decapitating" the two-state solution through the building of settlements.<ref name="JPost 2012">{{cite news|first=Khaled |last=Abu Toameh |date=17 March 2012 |url=http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=262231 |title=Qurei calls for reconsidering one-state solution|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120318005839/http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=262231 |archive-date=18 March 2012 }}</ref>


Qurei died on 22 February 2023, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=אחמד קריע (אבו עלא), מאדריכלי הסכם אוסלו, מת בגיל 85 |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2023-02-22/ty-article/00000186-7b05-dd14-a5a7-7b45d4c70000 |access-date=22 February 2023 |publisher=Haaretz |date=22 February 2023}}</ref> Qurei died on 22 February 2023, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=אחמד קריע (אבו עלא), מאדריכלי הסכם אוסלו, מת בגיל 85 |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2023-02-22/ty-article/00000186-7b05-dd14-a5a7-7b45d4c70000 |access-date=22 February 2023 |publisher=Haaretz |date=22 February 2023 |language=he}}</ref>

==Works==
* 2001: ''Post-Oslo: Impasse and Options'' ({{OCLC|499875376}})
* 2006: ''al-Dīmuqrāṭiyah wa-al-tajrubah al-barlamāniya al-Filasṭīniyah: tajribatī fī riʼāsat awwal majlis tashrīʻī Filasṭīnī'' ({{isbn|9789953368887}})
* 2006: ''From Oslo to Jerusalem: The Palestinian Story of the Secret Negotiations'' ({{isbn|9781429454056}})
⚫ * 2008: ''Beyond Oslo, The Struggle for Palestine: Inside the Middle East Peace Process from Rabin's Death to Camp David'' ({{isbn|9781441605801}})
* 2013: ''Negotiating Palestine: From the Second Intifada to Hamas' Electoral Victory'' ({{isbn|9781780760933}})
* 2015: ''Peace Negotiations in Palestine: From the Second Intifada to the Roadmap'' ({{isbn|9781780760933}})

==See also==
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2nd Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

Ahmed Qurei
أحمد قريع‎
Qurei in 2015
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
In office
24 December 2005 – 29 March 2006
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Preceded byNabil Shaath (acting)
Succeeded byIsmail Haniyeh
In office
7 October 2003 – 18 January 2005
President
Preceded byMahmoud Abbas
Succeeded byNabil Shaath (acting)
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
In office
7 March 1996 – 7 October 2003
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRafiq Al-Natsheh
Personal details
Born(1937-03-26)26 March 1937
Abu Dis, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Died22 February 2023(2023-02-22) (aged 85)
Political partyFatah

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 in 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 19 February 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.

Early political career

Qurei was born in Abu Dis (near Jerusalem), Mandatory Palestine, in 1937. He joined the Fatah faction, the largest of the political and military organisations making up the Palestine Liberation Organization, in 1968. As a banker, he used his expertise during the 1970s as the director of the PLO's foreign investment branch and director-general of the PLO's economic branch, helping to make the organisation one of the largest employers in Lebanon. He followed Yasser Arafat to Tunis after the PLO was forced to leave Lebanon. As more senior leaders died, Qurei rose to prominence and was elected to the Central Committee of Fatah in August 1989.

As a member of the Central Committee, Qurei was instrumental in negotiating the Oslo Accords (1993). He also founded and became director of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR) in 1993 to help garner money from international donors. He held various posts in the first Palestinian Authority cabinets including Minister of Economy & Trade and Minister of Industry. He was also responsible for a development plan for the Palestinian territories submitted to the World Bank in 1993.

Qurei was elected as the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council on 7 March 1996 in Gaza.

Later, he took part in the 2000 Camp David Summit with Ehud Barak and the Taba Summit with Shlomo Ben-Ami. Soon after, he was reelected to the PLC as a speaker in March 2001.

Prime minister

After the resignation of Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas on 6 September 2003, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat nominated Qurei for the post of prime minister. Qurei accepted the nomination for the post in an "emergency government" on 10 September. The next day, the Israeli government, apparently in response to bombings two days earlier, released a statement, announcing the decision that President Arafat would be "removed." Qurei decided upon that to form a full government rather than a trimmed one.

On 5 October 2003, Qurei was appointed prime minister by presidential decree, and an eight-member emergency government was sworn in on 7 October. However, Qurei could not form a new cabinet because of a dispute with Arafat which lasted for 10 weeks over the choice of an interior minister and control of the Palestinian Security Services, and he threatened to resign. While the Fatah Central Committee had agreed to the emergency cabinet with Qurei as caretaker prime minister, the Fatah-dominated PLC refused to hold a vote of confidence. The emergency cabinet's term expired on 4 November but Arafat asked Qurei to remain in office despite their dispute, and the PLC approved a new 24-member government on 12 November. Among Qurei's top priorities was negotiating and meeting the Road map for Peace plan with Israel. Israel's non-compliance and the United States not having done enough to enforce Israeli compliance with the peace plan, along with a lack of internal support, had been reasons for Abbas' earlier resignation.

On 17 July 2004, he submitted his resignation amid growing chaos in the Gaza Strip. Offices of the Palestinian authority in Gaza were burned down, and gunmen briefly abducted 4 French aid workers, the police chief and another official, demanding reforms. Arafat refused to accept Qurei's resignation. Arafat and Qurei disputed on Qurei's demand for more authority to restructure the security forces to reduce the growing turmoil. President Arafat decreed a State of Emergency in Gaza. On 27 July Arafat and Qurei held a press conference after reaching a settlement in a cabinet meeting. Qurei had retracted his resignation.

After Arafat's death in November 2004 and Mahmoud Abbas' subsequent victory in the Palestinian presidential election of 2005, Qurei was asked to continue in his post and form a new cabinet. Due to repeated demands by the Fatah officials and PLC members to make the new cabinet more reform-minded, the vote of confidence was repeatedly delayed. It was finally passed on 24 February 2005 after Qurei had revised the list of ministers to accommodate these demands.

On 15 December 2005 Qurei briefly resigned his prime ministership post to run for a seat in the Palestinian Parliament, but returned to office nine days later after deciding not to run. On 26 January 2006 Qurei announced his intention to resign following the Fatah party's defeat by Hamas in the parliamentary elections. At the request of PNA President, Mahmoud Abbas, Qurei remained in office in a caretaker capacity until being replaced by Ismail Haniyeh.

Later life and death

In 2004 Qurei said that if Israel failed to conclude an agreement with the Palestinians, that the Palestinians would pursue a single, bi-national state. During the 6th Fatah conference in August 2009, he failed to get reelected to the Fatah Central Committee. In 2012, in an article in Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, Ahmed Qurei called for Palestinians to reconsider a one-state instead of a two-state solution. He blamed Israel for "burying" or "decapitating" the two-state solution through the building of settlements.

Qurei died on 22 February 2023, at the age of 85.

Works

  • 2001: Post-Oslo: Impasse and Options (OCLC 499875376)
  • 2006: al-Dīmuqrāṭiyah wa-al-tajrubah al-barlamāniya al-Filasṭīniyah: tajribatī fī riʼāsat awwal majlis tashrīʻī Filasṭīnī (ISBN 9789953368887)
  • 2006: From Oslo to Jerusalem: The Palestinian Story of the Secret Negotiations (ISBN 9781429454056)
  • 2008: Beyond Oslo, The Struggle for Palestine: Inside the Middle East Peace Process from Rabin's Death to Camp David (ISBN 9781441605801)
  • 2013: Negotiating Palestine: From the Second Intifada to Hamas' Electoral Victory (ISBN 9781780760933)
  • 2015: Peace Negotiations in Palestine: From the Second Intifada to the Roadmap (ISBN 9781780760933)

See also

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