Ahmed Qurei

Ahmed Qurei
أحمد قريع
Qurei in 2015
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
In office 24 December 2005 – 29 March 2006
President	Mahmoud Abbas
Preceded by	Nabil Shaath (acting)
Succeeded by	Ismail Haniyeh
In office 7 October 2003 – 18 January 2005
President	Yasser Arafat Mahmoud Abbas
Preceded by	Mahmoud Abbas
Succeeded by	Nabil Shaath (acting)
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
In office 7 March 1996 – 7 October 2003
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Rafiq Al-Natsheh
Personal details
Born	(1937-03-26)26 March 1937 Abu Dis, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Died	22 February 2023(2023-02-22) (aged 85)
Political party	Fatah

Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei (or Qureia; Arabic: أحمد علي محمد قريع, Aḥmad ʿAlī Muḥammad Qurayʿ; 26 March 1937^[1] – 22 February 2023), also known by his Arabic name kunya Abu Alaa (أبو علاء Abū ʿAláʾ), was a Palestinian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.

First appointed to the position in October 2003, he tendered his resignation on 26 January 2006, following the defeat of the Fatah party in the 2006 Palestinian legislative election, and remained in office in a caretaker capacity until 19 February when he was succeeded by Ismail Haniyeh. During his tenure as prime minister, he also had responsibility for security matters. He previously served as speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and held a variety of significant positions within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from the 1970s on.^[2][3]