Ali Shaath (Chairman; Transportation)
Ali Shaath (علي شعث), born in Khan Younis in 1958, is the chief commissioner of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza. He is also interim commissioner for transportation.
Shaath has held several positions in the Palestinian Authority since its establishment, working in the ministries of planning and transport. He has a PhD in engineering from Queen’s University, Belfast.
Shaath comes from a large Gazan clan with extensive ties to President Mahmoud Abbas‘s Fatah party. He is the nephew of Nabil Shaath, a senior Fatah member and Abbas advisor.