President of the Palestinian National Authority

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The president of the Palestinian National Authority (Arabic: رئيس السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية, romanized: Raʼīs al-Sulṭah al-Waṭanīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah) is the highest-ranking political position (equivalent to head of state) in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). From 2003 to 2013, the president appointed the prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority, who normally required approval of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and who shares executive and administrative power with the president. In 2013, that position was abolished and substituted by the Prime Minister of the State of Palestine position.

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