Back رئيس دولة فلسطين Arabic رئيس دولة فلسطين ARZ Presidente de Palestina AST ফিলিস্তিনের রাষ্ট্রপতি Bengali/Bangla President de l'Estat de Palestina Catalan Prezident Státu Palestina Czech Πρόεδρος του Κράτους της Παλαιστίνης Greek Presidente del Estado de Palestina Spanish رئیس دولت فلسطین Persian Président de l'État de Palestine French
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| رئيس دولة فلسطين | |
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| Term length | 4 years Renewable |
| Formation | 2 April 1989 |
| First holder | Yasser Arafat |
| Salary | 120,000 USD annually[2] |
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The president of the State of Palestine (Arabic: رئيس دولة فلسطين, romanized: Raʼīs Dawlat Filasṭīn) is the head of state of Palestine. Yasser Arafat became the first titular president of the State of Palestine in 1989, one year after the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. The title was originally titular, in parallel with the de facto title president of the Palestinian National Authority. Both functions were held by Arafat from 1994 and continued until his death in November 2004, and were continued by his successor Mahmoud Abbas. In January 2005, the Palestinian Central Council (PCC) asked Abbas to perform the duties of the president of the State of Palestine.[3] In November 2008, the PCC approved the continuation of Abbas's function as president of the State of Palestine.[4] Since 2013, the title president of the State of Palestine became the sole title of the Palestinian president.
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- ^ "قانون مخصصات وتعويضات رئيس السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية رقم (18) لسنة 2005م". muqtafi.birzeit.edu.
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