President of the Palestinian National Authority
head of state of the Palestinian National Authority
The President of the Palestinian National Authority (Arabic: رئيس السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية) is the highest-ranking political position (same to head of state) in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The President nominates the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
List of Presidents (1994–present) change
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Tenure | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) |
5 July 1994 | 11 November 2004 (died in office) |
10 years, 129 days | Fatah (Palestine Liberation Organization) | ||
– | Rawhi Fattouh (b. 1949) Interim President |
11 November 2004 | 15 January 2005 | 65 days | Fatah (Palestine Liberation Organization) | ||
2 | Mahmoud Abbas (b. 1935)[1] |
15 January 2005 | Incumbent (disputed from 15 January 2009 – 2 June 2014) (disputed from 19 October 2016) |
18 years, 319 days | Fatah (Palestine Liberation Organization) | ||
– | Aziz Dweik (b. 1949) Interim President |
15 January 2009 | Incumbent (term ended 2 June 2014 and resumed 19 October 2016) |
13 years, 93 days | Hamas |
Notes change
- ↑ President of the Palestinian National Authority of the Government in the West Bank