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The president of the State of Palestine 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 Declaratio
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Leader of the PLO, Yasser Arafat, 1996 Dan Hadani Archive
Mahmoud Abbas
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Mahmoud Abbas, also known by the kunya Abu Mazen, is a Palestinian politician who has been serving as the second president of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority since 2005. He has also b
President of Palestine
…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. In November 2008…
Abbas with Ariel Sharon and George W. Bush in Aqaba, Jordan, 4 June 2003.
Abbas with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, January 2011
Abbas with U.S. president Joe Biden at the Palestinian Presidential Palace in Bethlehem, July 2022