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)
| 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) | 21 years, 165 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) | 15 years, 305 days | Hamas | |
Notes
- ↑ President of the Palestinian National Authority of the Government in the West Bank