President of the Palestinian National Authority

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head of state office political office

The President of the Palestinian National Authority is the head of the Palestinian self-governing body established in parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, responsible for leading its executive branch and representing it in international affairs.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
President of the Palestinian Authority	0	2
President of the State of Palestine	0	2
office of the President of the Palestinian Authority	0	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state office → political office →
alsoKnownAs	President of the PA → President of the Palestinian National Authority → surface form: President of the Palestinian Authority
appliesToJurisdiction	Gaza Strip → Palestinian territories → West Bank →
confers	leadership of the Palestinian National Authority → representation of the Palestinian National Authority in international affairs →
constitutingInstrument	Palestinian Basic Law →
country	Palestinian Authority → surface form: Palestinian National Authority
createdBy	Oslo Accords →
eligibleVoters	Palestinian residents of the Palestinian territories →
firstHolder	Yasser Arafat →
foundedBy	Palestine Liberation Organization →
governmentOfficeOrTitle	President →
hasAuthorityOver	Palestinian Authority foreign relations →
hasJurisdictionOver	Palestinian Authority → surface form: Palestinian Authority security services (subject to agreements)
hasPart	Presidential Guard of the Palestinian Authority →
hasPower	appoint Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority → appoint members of the Palestinian Authority cabinet → issue decrees and executive orders → negotiate with foreign states and organizations →
headOfGovernment	Palestinian Authority → surface form: Palestinian National Authority
heads	executive branch of the Palestinian National Authority →
inception	1994 →
isOftenHeldBy	Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization → President of the Palestinian National Authority self-linksurface differs → surface form: President of the State of Palestine
isPositionEstablishedInContextOf	Israeli–Palestinian peace process →
isPositionIn	Palestinian political system →
isSubjectOf	Palestinian Basic Law → surface form: Palestinian Basic Law amendments
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic →
legalForm	elective office →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	West Bank →
nativeLabel	رئيس السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية →
officeCreatedAsResultOf	Oslo I Accord → Oslo Accords → surface form: Oslo II Accord
officeHolder	Mahmoud Abbas → Yasser Arafat →
partOf	Palestinian Authority → surface form: Palestinian National Authority
positionHeldBy	Mahmoud Abbas → Yasser Arafat →
residence	Ramallah →
seat	Ramallah →
selectionMethod	direct popular vote →
style	Mr. President →
termLength	4 years →

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the Palestinian National Authority → alsoKnownAs → President of the Palestinian National Authority →

this entity surface form: President of the Palestinian Authority

PLC → canBeDissolvedBy → President of the Palestinian National Authority →

subject surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council

this entity surface form: President of the Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Basic Law → establishes → President of the Palestinian National Authority →

this entity surface form: office of the President of the Palestinian Authority

Palestinian government → headOfState → President of the Palestinian National Authority →

this entity surface form: President of the State of Palestine

President of the Palestinian National Authority → isOftenHeldBy → President of the Palestinian National Authority self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: President of the State of Palestine

Yasser Arafat → positionHeld → President of the Palestinian National Authority →