Map showing governorates and areas of formal Palestinian control (green)

After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories were divided into three areas and 16 governorates under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1115x1530, 104 KB) Summary Palestine divided into electoral districts (as of 2006), marked with thick black borders. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1115x1530, 104 KB) Summary Palestine divided into electoral districts (as of 2006), marked with thick black borders. ... Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ... This article is about the Palestinian territories as a geopolitical phenomenon. ... A governorate is a country subdivision. ... It has been suggested that Palestinian government of March 2006 be merged into this article or section. ...

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Constitution President Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya Present government Legislative Council Speaker Abdel Aziz Duwaik Political parties Elections President: 1996, 2005 Legislative: 1996, 2006 Governorates Electoral Districts Foreign relations Israeli-Palestinian conflict Oslo Accords Proposed State of Palestine

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• Jerusalem Governorate
• Bethlehem Governorate
• Deir Al-Balah Governorate
• Gaza Governorate
• Hebron Governorate
• Jenin Governorate
• Jericho Governorate
• Khan Younis Governorate
• Nablus Governorate
• North Gaza Governorate
• Qalqilya Governorate
• Rafah Governorate
• Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate
• Salfit Governorate
• Tubas Governorate
• Tulkarm Governorate

The President of the Palestinian National Authority is the highest-ranking political position (equivalent to head of state) in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). ... Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: محمود عباس) (born March 26, 1935), commonly known by the kunya or nom de guerre Abu Mazen (ابو مازن), was elected President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on January 9, 2005, and took office on January 15, 2005. ... The Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority is the head of government of the Palestinian government. ... Ismail Haniya (more frequently Haniyeh) (born 1963) (Arabic: إسماعيل هنية) is the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... The Palestinian Legislative Council, (sometimes referred to to as the Palestinan Parliament) the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 88 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank and Gaza. ... The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council is the chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council. ... Abdel Aziz Duwaik is a member of Hamas and the new Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and member from the West Bank. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Elections in the Palestinian National Authority gives information on election and election results in the PNA. Palestine elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. ... On January 20, 1996, elections took place in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem for President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and for members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislative arm of the PNA. The 1996 elections took place in a moment of optimism in... The 2005 Palestinian presidential election — the first to be held since 1996 — took place on January 9, 2005 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. ... On January 20, 1996, elections took place in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem for President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and for members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislative arm of the PNA. The 1996 elections took place in a moment of optimism in... Wikinews has news related to this article: Hamas wins Palestinian election On January 25, 2006, elections were held for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). ... The 16 Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are divided into 16 electoral districts (Aqdya, singular - qadaa). ... The Palestinian Declaration of Independence, led to Palestines recognition by 93 countries and to the renaming of the PLO mission in the UN to Palestine. After the formation of the Palestinian Authority, many countries exchanged embassies and delegations with it. ... Israel, with the West Bank and Gaza Strip in diagonal stripes The Israeli-Palestinian conflict which is often claimed to be at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict, is an ongoing dispute between two peoples, Jewish Israelis and Arab Palestinians, that both claim the right to sovereignty over the... Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ... ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Image:Jerusalem Governorate. ... The Bethlehem Governorate is one of a number of Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip within the Palestinian Territories, It covers an area of the West Bank, south of Jerusalem, the area around the City of Bethlehem. ... The Nablus Governorate is one of a number of Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip within the Palestinian Territories, located in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 63 km north of Jerusalem. ...

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Palestinian National Information Centre.

Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority
Jerusalem | Bethlehem | Deir Al-Balah | Gaza | Hebron | Jenin | Jericho | Khan Younis | Nablus | North Gaza | Qalqilya | Rafah | Ramallah and Al-Bireh | Salfit | Tubas | Tulkarm