Nabil Shaath

Nabil Ali Muhammad (Abu Rashid) Shaath (نبيل شعث, ; born 9 August 1938  in Safad) is a senior Palestinian official.

Academic career
Shaath received his master's degree in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences. He taught at the university from 1961 to 1965.

Political career
Shaath has served as Palestinian chief negotiator, Palestinian International Co-operation Minister, Planning Minister for the Palestinian National Authority and Acting Prime Minister of the PNA. Shaath also served as the Palestinian Authority's first foreign minister from April 2003 to February 2005.

Shaath was a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information in the Palestinian Authority Government of February 2005. On 15 December 2005, he became Acting Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority after Ahmad Qurei resigned. He lost that position nine days later when Qurei returned to office.

Awards and recognition
Shaath appeared in the 2009 documentary Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace about the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. The film was released by Channel Productions in New York City.