Mohammad Mustafa (economist)
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Mohammad Mustafa (Arabic: محمد عبد الله محمد مصطفى "السفاريني", born August 26, 1954) is a Palestinian economist and politician who is the current prime minister of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority. He previously served as the Chairman of the Board of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), Senior Economic Advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas and an Independent member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.[1] Previously, he had served as Deputy Prime Minister of Palestine (15th and 16th governments; 2013–2014) and as Minister of National Economy of Palestine (16th government, 2014).[2]
Mohammad Mustafa | |
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محمد مصطفى | |
Prime Minister of Palestine | |
Assumed office 31 March 2024 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
Preceded by | Mohammad Shtayyeh |
Minister of Economy | |
In office 6 June 2013 – 31 July 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Rami Hamdallah |
Preceded by | Bassem Khoury |
Succeeded by | Abeer Odeh |
Personal details | |
Born | (1954-08-26) 26 August 1954 (age 69) Kafr Sur, Jordanian West Bank |
Political party | Independent |
Education | University of Baghdad (BS) George Washington University (MS, PhD) |
Mustafa has international experience with government, global institutions, and academia, from spending around 15 years at the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. Mustafa spent two years as economic advisor to the Government of Kuwait on economic reform and two years as advisor to the Public Investment Fund in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mustafa also taught as a visiting professor at his alma mater, the George Washington University.