The Palestinian governments of 2013 were two Palestinian governments established in respectively June and September 2013. They ruled de facto over the West Bank only.
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The Palestinian government of June 2013 by Rami Hamdallah was an emergency cabinet, appointed by Presidential decree by Mahmoud Abbas on 6 June 2013 in Ramallah and not approved by the Parliament. Two weeks later, Hamdallah resigned in protest of the appointment of two deputy prime ministers for political and economic affairs. Hamdallah later backtracked from his resignation and on 19 September 2013, the cabinet was sworn in for the second time, without any changes.
Timeline
On 6 June, President Mahmud Abbas appointed Rami Hamdallah Prime Minister without approval of the Legislative Council. Two weeks later, Hamdallah resigned in protest of the appointment of two deputy prime ministers for political and economic affairs. According to Hassan Khraisheh, deputy speaker for the PLC, the real reason Hamdallah resigned was because he discovered the Prime Minister has no power and that there was no point in having a prime minister “at a time when President Abbas has a monopoly over all the executive branch’s authorities.” “The presence of two deputy prime ministers, who are friends of President Abbas, means that the prime minister is a powerless figure,” Hamdallah’s June appointment was originally envisioned as an interim measure until a unity government with Hamas could be formed.
On 23 June, Abbas accepted Hamdallah’s resignation, but asked him to stay on on a caretaker basis until a new premier could be appointed. Hamdallah later backtracked and on 19 September 2013, the cabinet was sworn in for the second time, without any changes.
The governments succeeded the successive governments of Salam Fayyad, who had resigned as a consequence of the 2011–2012 anti-corruption protests. In June 2014, the government was replaced by a "unity government".
Members of the Government
June 2013 to June 2014