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President Of The Palestinian National Authority
The president of the Palestinian National Authority ( ar, رئيس السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية) is the highest-ranking political position (equivalent to head of state) in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The president appoints the prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority, who normally requires approval of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and who shares executive and administrative power with the president. Legal status The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) was created by the 1994 Gaza–Jericho Agreement. The 2002 Basic Law, passed by the PLC in 1997, but only ratified by President Yasser Arafat in 2002, originally established a presidential system, which granted the elected president the exclusive power to appoint and remove Ministers and to preside over the meeting of the Council of Ministers (Art. 62). Ministers were to be approved by the Legislative Council. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Of State
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and legitimacy. Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrently the head of government and more (such as the president of the United States, who is also commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces). In a parliamentary system, such as the United Kingdom or India, the head of state usually has mostly ceremonial powers, with a separate head of government. However, in some parliamentary systems, like South Africa, there is an executive president that is both head of state and head of government. Likewise, in some parliamentary systems the head of state is not the head of government, but still has significant powers, for example Morocco. In contrast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Bahar (Palestinian Politician)
Ahmad Mohammad Bahar ( ar, أحمد بحر, born 1949) is the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) since his election to that post on 18 January 2006. Born in Gaza City, he was a professor at the Islamic University of Gaza. In 2012, he delivered a televised sermon in which he prayed for Allah to kill "the Jews and their supporters... ndthe Americans and their supporters... without leaving a single one". This statement has been characterized as incitement to genocide. See also * Aziz Dweik * Khalil al-Hayya Khalil al-Hayya (Arabic: خليل الحية) is a senior Hamas official who was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council on 25 January 2006 as a representative of Gaza City. He resided in the neighborhood of Shuja'iyya. Khalil al-Hayya s ... References Members of the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council Speakers of the Palestinian Legislative Council Islamic University of Gaza alumni 1949 births Hamas members Living people P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords are a pair of agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993;''Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements'' (DOP), 13 September 1993. From the Knesset website and the Oslo II Accord, signed in , in 1995. They marked the start of the Oslo process, a |
