Mohammad Mustafa (politician)
Mohammad Mustafa | |
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محمد مصطفى | |
Mustafa in 2013 | |
| 4th Prime Minister of Palestine | |
| Assumed office 31 March 2024 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Shtayyeh |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates | |
| Assumed office 31 March 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| State Minister of Foreign Affairs | Varsen Aghabekian |
| Preceded by | Riyad al-Maliki |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Palestine | |
| In office 6 June 2013 – 31 March 2015 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Prime Minister | Rami Hamdallah |
| Preceded by | Azzam al-Ahmad (2007) |
| Succeeded by | Nabil Abu Rudeineh (2018) |
| Minister of National Economy | |
| In office 2 June 2014 – 31 March 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Rami Hamdallah |
| Preceded by | Jawad Naji |
| Succeeded by | Abeer Odeh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1954 Kafr Sur, Palestine |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | University of Baghdad (BS) George Washington University (MS, PhD) |
Mohammad Abdullah Mohammad Mustafa (Arabic: محمد عبد الله محمد مصطفى; 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 since 31 March 2024. 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. Previously, he had served as Deputy Prime Minister of Palestine (15th, 16th and 17th governments; 2013–2015) and as Minister of National Economy of Palestine (17th government, 2014–2015).
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, George Washington University.