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June 3, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/diplomania/rami-hamdallah-is-a-good-man-on-a-suicide-mission.premium-1.527424

New Palestinian Prime Minister Named

(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Rami Hamdallah, 54, a linguistics professor and president of An-Najah University in Nablus, was appointed on Sunday as the new Palestinian prime minister, replacing Salam Fayyad. Despite terming himself a political independent, many Fatah leaders consider Hamdallah "one of their own," unlike Fayyad. Formally, he is supposed to head a transition government that will serve until the elections, but even the most optimistic scenarios do not envision these elections happening in the foreseeable future. Hamdallah is familiar with crises. A decade ago, he experienced a personal tragedy when his wife and three daughters were killed in a car accident.

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