Mohammad Zuhdi Nashashibi (1925 – 27 January 2020), also known as Abu Zuhdi, was a banker and politician from the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

. He was the first

Finance Minister of the Palestinian National Authority The Finance Minister of the Palestinian Authority is the head of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) branch that is in charge of finance. The minister deals with launching audits, collecting tax from Palestinian businesses and overseeing finan ...

. He served the post from 1994 to 2002.

Biography

Zuhdi Nashashibi was born on 1925 in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

in a

Nashashibi Nashashibi ( ar, النشاشيبي; transliteration, Al-Nashāshībī) is the name of a prominent Palestinian family based in Jerusalem. After the First World War, during the British period, Raghib al-Nashashibi was Mayor of Jerusalem (1920–1 ...

family. He worked in

Commercial Bank of Syria The Commercial Bank of Syria ( ar, المصرف التجاري السوري) is a fully government owned bank in Syria. It is the largest commercial bank in Syria with its headquarters in Damascus. The Commercial Bank accounts for the highest as ...

. Zuhdi Nashashibi started his career at Syrian Ba'ath Party in early sixties. Later, he became a member of the executive council of

Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establ ...

. He became the head of its economics department. He was the chairman of Palestinian National Fund too. Zuhdi Nashashibi returned to his homeland after

Oslo Accords The Oslo Accords are a pair of agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993;

in 1994. He was appointed as the

in that year. He served in that post till 2002. Zuhdi Nashashibi died on 27 January 2020 at the age of 95.

References

1925 births 2020 deaths Finance ministers of the Palestinian National Authority Government ministers of the Palestinian National Authority Fatah members Palestinian bankers People from Jerusalem Burials at Sahab Cemetery Members of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization {{Palestine-politician-stub