The one who was also Prime Minister and President of the Palestinian Parliament died Wednesday, February 22, according to his movement, the Fatah.
Mo12345lemonde with AFP
Ahmed Qoreï, the first president of the Palestinian Parliament and one of the main negotiators of the Oslo peace agreements with Israel, died Wednesday, February 22 at the age of 85, announced its movement, Fatah.
Also known by his war name, Abu Alaa, Mr. Qoreï is a member of the Central Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (OLP) and responsible for economic issues within the OLP and the Fatah when S ‘Open in January 1993 the secret negotiations that will lead to the historic handshake at the White House, eight months later, between the historic leader of the Palestinians, Yasser Arafat, and the Israeli Prime Minister of the time, Yitzhak Rabin.
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After the signing of the Oslo agreements, he held several posts of minister in Palestinian governments under the chairmanship of Arafat. With the return of the Palestinian Directorate to Gaza, he was elected in 1996 deputy to the Palestinian Legislative Council (CLP), during the first legislative elections held by the Palestinian Authority.
He became the first president, a position he held until 2003, when Arafat appoints him Prime Minister to replace Mahmoud Abbas, resigning. He left the post of Prime Minister in 2006 after the victory of the Islamist Hamas movement in the legislative elections. He then became a Palestinian chief negotiator in charge of peace talks with Israel, forces for many years.
In a press release, Mr. Abbas praised his memory by praising his qualities as tireless “fighter” of the Palestinian cause.