Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Salam Fayyad (, ; born 1952) is a Palestinian politician and Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad suffered a heart attack while visiting the U.
S. and is recovering at a Texas hospital, a spokesman said Monday.Fayyad, who was born in 1952, was in Austin to attend the college graduation of his son, Khaled, when he felt strong chest pains Sunday, said the prime minister's spokesman, Jamal Zakout.Fayyad, a heavy smoker, underwent tests showing a blockage in a coronary artery, Zakout said. Fayyad suffered a heart attack while at the Seton Medical Center in Austin, the spokesman said.Doctors performed a catheterization to open the artery, Zakout said, adding that Fayyad is expected to leave the hospital in two days.Fayyad has been prime minister since 2007. He was appointed after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fired then-Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, following the violent Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip.Fayyad, a political independent, is based in the West Bank, while Hamas continues to control Gaza. Fayyad could lose his job as a r...The State Department played down warnings Tuesday over the latest step toward a unity government between Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah, saying "the fundamentals...
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