The Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Tony Blair as two of the founding members of its “Board of Peace” for Gaza.
Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will also sit on the “founding executive board”.
According to a White House statement late Friday, Trump will act as chairman of the board, which forms part of his 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas.
It is expected to temporarily oversee the running of Gaza and manage its reconstruction.
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Also on the founding executive board are Marc Rowan, the head of a private equity firm, World Bank chief Ajay Banga and a US national security adviser, Robert Gabriel.
Each member would have a portfolio “critical to Gaza’s stabilisation and long-term success”, the White House statement said.
Trump had said on Thursday that the board had been formed, calling it the “Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place”.
Further members of the board would be named in the coming weeks, the White House said.
