The Second and Third Fayyad Governments or the Palestinian Government of May 2009 was a

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of the

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led by

Salam Fayyad Salam Fayyad (; born 12 April 1952) is a Palestinian politician and economist who served as the first prime minister of Palestine from January 2013 until his resigned in July of that same year. He was previously the fourth prime minister of the ...

from 19 May 2009 to 6 June 2013. Fayyad had been Prime Minister of the First Fayyad Government of June 2007. The Fayyad Government was the ''

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'' government in the Palestinian Authority, though its control was confined to the West Bank Areas A and B, whereas Hamas formed the '' de facto'' Government in the Gaza Strip. The Second Fayyad Government comprised somewhere between 20 and 22 members depending on the consulted source. It resigned in February 2011, however due to disagreements of how to proceed, Fayyad continued to preside over a caretaker government. Following the February 2012 Doha agreement and the successive May 2012 Cairo accord, which also failed to be implemented, Mahmoud Abbas asked Fayyad to form a new Cabinet, without Hamas' involvement. On 16 May 2012, a reshuffled Cabinet was formed, creating the Third Fayyad Government."Fayyad replaced as finance minister in reshuffle"
JMCC, 16 May 2012 Fayyad gave up his post as Finance Minister in favour of

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. The PA faced an estimated financing gap of about $500 million. The government expanded to 25 members, with 11 new faces. In 2013, the Fayyad government was succeeded by the Palestinian governments of 2013 led by

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Powers and jurisdiction

Pursuant to the

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, the authority of the PA Government was limited to some civil rights of the Palestinians in the West Bank Areas A and B and in the Gaza Strip, and to

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in Area A and in Gaza. The Fayyad Government was the ''

'' government in the Palestinian Authority, though its control was confined to the West Bank Areas A and B, while Hamas formed the '' de facto'' Government in the Gaza Strip.

Formation

Most of the ministers were members of Fatah, although the Cabinet also included independents and members of third parties.''Who are the members of the new Palestinian government?''
Ma'an News Agency, 19 May 2009 The Government was appointed by presidential decree and lacked the approval of the

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as required pursuant the Palestinian Basic Law. The opposition of the Hamas majority alone was enough to withhold the new government its legal basis, but even Fatah's parliamentary bloc did not endorse the government. Two PLC members refused to join the government when the Fatah bloc decided not to back the new Fayyad cabinet. For the

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, this was not a reason to question the legality of the Government.

Members of the Government

Second Government

May 2009 to May 2012 ''Palestinians Reappoint Prime Minister Who Had Quit''
NYT, 19 May 2009''Palestinian National Authority Council of Ministers 19 May 2009''
Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations. Archived on 5 October 2011

Third Government

May 2012 to June 2013

References