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This is a look at the life of Ahmed Koray, former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
birthday: March 1937
Birthplace: West Bank Abdis
Birth name: Ahmed Ali Mohammed Koray
his Surnames can be spelled Qurei, Qureia, Qrei, Qurai, or Korei.
(ko-RYE).
Also known as Abu Ala.
1968- Qorei leaves his banking career to join the Fatah movement.
1983- Appointed head of the Economic Division of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
1993- Qorei is a key negotiator in secret peace talks between Israel and the PLO held in Oslo, Norway.
From January 3, 1994 Qorei was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for his contribution to the Oslo Peace Accords.
1994- Koray returns from exile to Palestinian territory.
From July 5, 1994 Qorei was appointed economy minister in the first Palestinian cabinet.
From September 19, 1994 Qorei resigned as economy minister over a feud with Yasser Arafat, but later resumed his duties.
From September 1995 During a negotiating session with the Israeli leader, Qorei fell ill and was hospitalized overnight.
From January 20, 1996 A Palestinian Legislative Council is established, chaired by Kolay.
From March 7, 1998 Qorei was re-elected as chairman of the council.
From July 1999 At the invitation of Knesset President Avraham Berg, Koray visited the Knesset (Israel parliament), the highest Palestinian official at the time.
From July 2000 Qorei attends Camp David talks with Arafat, Ehud Barak and US President Bill Clinton.
From March 10, 2001 Qorei will be elected as Chairman of the Council until the next term.
From February 24, 2002 At a roadblock south of Ramallah, an Israeli soldier accidentally opened fire on Kolay’s car, but he was unharmed.
From June 2002 Kourei suffers a heart attack and undergoes bypass surgery.
From February 2003 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is holding secret talks with Korey about the Middle East peace process.
From March 2003 During a Fatah meeting about the Prime Minister’s new post, Koray collapses and is put on a stretcher.
From May 12, 2003 Secretary of State Colin Powell meets with Corley in Jericho to discuss the peace process.
September 7, 2003 – Koray was named by Arafat to replace Mahmoud Abbas, the first prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, who resigned on September 6.
From September 10, 2003 Koulay says he will accept nomination for prime minister Please help end the escalating violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
From October 5, 2003 Arafat declares a state of emergency in Palestinian territory. This allows him to install a new Palestinian government by decree. He appointed Corey Prime Minister and appointed eight others to the Emergency Cabinet.
From October 7, 2003 Qorei was sworn in as prime minister’s nominee for Arafat’s emergency cabinet.
From November 4, 2003 Arafat extends the term of the emergency cabinet. Qorei has announced that it will form a new government within a week.
From November 12, 2003 The Palestinian Legislative Council approves the new 24-minister cabinet presented by Qorei. Before the vote, Arafat addressed the council, saying he recognized the “right to live in peace” with the state of Israel and an independent Palestinian state.
From July 17, 2004 Prime Minister Koulay resigns. Arafat urges Corlay to stay in his post.
From July 19, 2004 Qorei says his written resignation filed over growing unrest and violence in Gaza is still valid.
From July 27, 2004 At a press conference, Qorei announced that he had agreed to withdraw his resignation.Arafat agrees to hand over internal security to Qorei.
From November 13, 2004 After Arafat’s death, Koray was named as his replacement by the Palestinian National Security Council.
From January 26, 2006 Koray resigned as prime minister after Hamas defeated his party, Fatah, in parliamentary elections.
From May 25, 2006 The book “From Oslo to Jerusalem: The Palestinian Story of Secret Negotiations” is published.
From August 20, 2008 His book, Beyond Oslo, Struggle for Palestine: Inside the Middle East Peace Process from Rabin’s Death to Camp David has been published.
From August 11, 2009 Qorei loses its seat on the Central Committee of Fatah, the party’s highest decision-making body.
From February 28, 2015 Published the book Palestinian Peace Negotiations: From the Second Intifada to the Roadmap.
