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Who was invited to be on Trump's Gaza boards?

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US President Donald Trump's administration has reached out to various figures around the world to sit on the "Board of Peace" and related entities meant to oversee governance and reconstruction in postwar Gaza.

The White House said there would be a main board, chaired by Trump himself, a Palestinian committee of technocrats meant to govern the war-wracked territory, and a second "executive board" that appears designed to have a more advisory role.

Here is the list of people involved so far in the various entities:

Confirmed by the White House

BOARD OF PEACE - The White House says this body will focus on issues such as "governance capacity-building, regional relations, reconstruction, investment attraction, large-scale funding and capital mobilization".

  • US President Donald Trump, chair
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
  • Steve Witkoff, Trump's special negotiator
  • Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law
  • Tony Blair, former UK prime minister
  • Marc Rowan, billionaire US financier
  • Ajay Banga, World Bank president
  • Robert Gabriel, loyal Trump aide on the National Security Council

NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF GAZA 

This body, made up of technocrats, will "oversee the restoration of core public services, the rebuilding of civil institutions, and the stabilization of daily life in Gaza".

  • Ali Shaath, former Palestinian Authority deputy minister (head of committee)

GAZA EXECUTIVE BOARD

This entity is meant to "support effective governance" and deliver services for the people of Gaza.

  • Steve Witkoff
  • Jared Kushner
  • Tony Blair
  • Marc Rowan
  • Nickolay Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat
  • Sigrid Kaag, UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza
  • Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan
  • Ali Al-Thawadi, Qatari diplomat
  • General Hassan Rashad, director of Egypt's intelligence agency
  • Reem Al-Hashimy, Emirati minister
  • Yakir Gabay, ‘Israeli’ billionaire
  • Leaders who said they were invited to join
  • Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama
  • Argentine President Javier Milei
  • Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
  • Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides
  • Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
  • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
  • His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan 
  • Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
  • Paraguayan President Santiago Pena
  • Romanian President Nicusor Dan
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan