Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (Palestine)

Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation
وزارة التخطيط والتعاون الدولي
Seal of Palestine
Agency overview
Formed1994
JurisdictionGovernment of Palestine
HeadquartersRamallah, Palestine
Minister responsible
Websitemop.gov.ps/

The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation is the branch of the Palestinian government that is responsible for cross-sector planning, developing comprehensive development policies with the participation of all relevant Palestinian institutions and to coordinate sector planning in specific ministries, to ensure their consistency with cross-sector approaches and plans. Any plan has to be approved by the Palestinian National Authority Cabinet and then ratified by the Palestinian Legislative Council. The ministry was established in 1994 as the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation. The current ministry has a relatively minor position in Palestinian politics and a minister was not appointed by Mahmoud Abbas after the establishment of an emergency government in June 2007.[1]

List of ministers

No. Name Party Government Term start Term end
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
1 Nabil Shaath Fatah 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 5 July 1994 30 April 2003
Minister of Planning
2 Nabeel Kassis Independent 6 30 April 2003 7 October 2003
3 Salam Fayyad Independent 7 7 October 2003 12 November 2003
(2) Nabeel Kassis Independent 8 12 November 2003 24 February 2005
4 Ghassan Khatib Palestinian People's Party 9 24 February 2005 29 March 2006
5 Samir Abu Eisheh Hamas 10, 11 29 March 2006 14 June 2007
6 Samir Abdullah Independent 12 14 June 2007 19 May 2009
Minister of Planning and Administrative Development
7 Ali Jarbawi Independent 13 19 May 2009 16 May 2012
Minister of State for Planning and Administrative Development
Mohammad Abu Ramadan Independent 14, 15, 16 16 May 2012 2 June 2014
Minister of Finance and Planning
Shoukry Bishara Independent 17, 18 2 June 2014 1 July 2019
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
Vacant 18 1 July 2019 31 March 2024
8 Wael Zaqout Independent 19 31 March 2024 22 May 2025
Samah Hamad (Interim) Independent 19 22 May 2025 23 June 2025
9 Estephan Salameh Independent 19 23 June 2025 15 December 2025
Minister of Finance and Planning
Estephan Salameh Independent 19 15 December 2025 Incumbent

References

  1. ^ About the Ministry of Planning Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Planning.