What is Salam Fayyad?
{{use dmy dates}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Salam Fayyad<br />{{Nobold|{{lang|ar|سلام فياض}}}} |image = Salam Fayyad (cropped).jpg |caption = Salam Fayyad in 2011 |office = [[Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority]]<br />Disputed |president = [[Mahmoud Abbas]] |term_start = 15 June 2007 |term_end = 6 June 2013 |predecessor = [[Ismail Haniyeh]]* |successor = [[Rami Hamdallah]] |office2 = [[Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Foreign Affairs Minister]] |president2 = [[Mahmoud Abbas]] |term_start2 = June 2007 |term_end2 = July 2007 |predecessor2 = [[Ziad Abu Amr]] |successor2 = [[Riyad al-Maliki]] |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Third Way (Palestinian Authority)|Third Way]] |alma_mater = [[American University of Beirut]]<br />[[St. Edward's University|St Edward's University]]<br />[[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas, Austin]] |footnotes = <nowiki>*</nowiki>Haniyeh was dismissed on 14 June 2007 by Abbas, who appointed Fayyad instead. This was deemed illegal by the [[Palestinian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]], which continued to recognise Haniyeh. The [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian Authority]] govern the [[West Bank]] while [[Hamas]] govern the [[Gaza Strip]]. A [[Palestinian unity government of 2014|unity government]] was formed in 2014. }} '''Salam Fayyad''' ({{lang-ar|سلام فياض}}, {{transl|ar|Salām Fayāḍ}}) is a [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] politician. He was the [[Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority]] and Finance Minister. He was [[Finance Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Finance Minister]] from June 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2007 to May 2012. Fayyad was Prime Minister between June 2007 and June 2013.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Fayyad resigned from the cabinet in November 2005 to run as founder and leader of the new [[Third Way (Palestine)|Thi