College president named Palestinian PM

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Rami HamdallahPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas named the president of a West Bank university as his new prime minister Sunday, a top aide said.

Rami Hamdallah has been asked to form a new Cabinet, Abbas adviser Sabri Saidam told CNN. The British-educated linguist is now the president of An-Najah National University in Nablus, West Bank.

Hamdallah will replace Salaam Fayyad, who has led a caretaker government since Abbas accepted his resignation in April. Fayyad’s decision to step down was viewed as a step toward the possible establishment of a unity government between the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas.

According to a profile on the An-Najah website, Hamdallah has been president of the university since August 1998. He is also the secretary-general of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission and head of the Palestinian stock exchange.

He received a doctorate in applied linguistics from the University of Lancaster in 1988 and a master’s from the University of Manchester in 1982. He graduated from the University of Jordan in 1980 with a degree in the English language.

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2 responses to “College president named Palestinian PM”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    And thus, one assumes that An-Najah National University in Nablus has a library that is as full of accurate histories and other texts of fiction and non-fiction as the Universities of Manchester and Lancaster … which anyone admiring ‘linguistics’ so much would appreciate having on hand for the students … and which the Lebanese Universities are also known to be famous for making available. ๐Ÿ˜‰
    Rami Hamdallah, I am certain, has been a linguistic wonder – as well as a stock promoter and an election-systems whizz.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    And thus, one assumes that An-Najah National University in Nablus has a library that is as full of accurate histories and other texts of fiction and non-fiction as the Universities of Manchester and Lancaster … which anyone admiring ‘linguistics’ so much would appreciate having on hand for the students … and which the Lebanese Universities are also known to be famous for making available. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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