President 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 | change source]
| 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) |
19 years, 99 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, 237 days | Hamas | |
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ President of the Palestinian National Authority of the Government in the West Bank
