The Palestinian Authority Government of October 2002 was a government of the
Palestinian National Authority (PA) from October 2002 to April 2003, headed by Yasser Arafat, the
President of the Palestinian National Authority. The Cabinet was largely equal to
the June Government, from which six Ministers had resigned.
In April 2003,
the next Government led by Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas was established.
Powers and jurisdiction
Pursuant to the
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; , the authority of the PA Government was limited to some civil rights of the Palestinians in the
West Bank Areas A and B and in the Gaza Strip, and to
internal security in Area A and in Gaza.
2003 Basic Law changes
After the dismissal of the Government, no elections were held. On 18 March 2003, Arafat signed the ''2003 Amended Basic Law'',
[''2003 Amended Basic Law'']
18 March 2003 which transformed the political system into a semi-presidential one. The post of
Prime Minister was created, who became responsible for the composition of the Cabinet and became the Chairman of the "Council of Ministers".
Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Natio ...
was named as the proposed first Prime Minister on 6 March 2003, and appointed on 19 March 2003. Abbas became the head of the
next Government on 29 April.
[''Inaugural Speech - Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas'']
MidEastweb, 29 April 2003
Members of the Government
Jerusalem Media and Community Centre. The link is given o
See also
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Palestinian government
References
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Palestinian National Authority governments
2002 establishments in the Palestinian territories
2003 disestablishments in the Palestinian territories
Cabinets established in 2002
Cabinets disestablished in 2003