Question: Who has been named as Palestinian Prime Minister recently?
(a) Mohammad Shtayyeh
(b) Mahmoud Abbas
(c) Rami al-Hamdallah
(d) Ismail Haniyeh
Answer:(a)
Related facts:
- Mohammad Shtayyeh has been named as Palestinian Prime Minister by President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.
- A member of the West Bank’s dominant Fatah party is a long time ally of Abbas.
- The announcement comes six weeks after Rami al-Hamdallah tendered his resignation from the post and of his unity government to President Mahmoud Abbas, underscoring the failure of Hamas and Fatah to implement a power-sharing deal.
- Shtayyeh, a former government minister, has been part of a number of Palestinian negotiating teams in the United States-brokered talks with Israel.
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