Ajay Banga, Tony Blair, Marco Rubio named to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza

New Delhi, Jan 17: The Trump administration has appointed World Bank president Ajay Banga, former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as founding members of a new “Board of Peace” for Gaza, the BBC reported.

President Donald Trump will chair the body, which forms part of his 20-point plan aimed at ending the Israel-Hamas war.

The White House said the board is expected to temporarily oversee the administration of Gaza and coordinate its reconstruction.

Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner will sit on the founding executive board, alongside Marc Rowan, head of a private equity firm, and US national security adviser Robert Gabriel. Each member will be assigned a portfolio deemed critical to Gaza’s stabilisation and long-term recovery, the statement said.

Additional members are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.