Fifth Arafat Government

The Palestinian Authority Government of October 2002 was a government of the Palestinian National Authority (PA) from 29 October 2002 to 30 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.

On 30 April 2003, the next Government led by Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas was established.

Pursuant to the Oslo Accords, 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.

On 18 March 2003, Arafat signed the 2003 Amended Basic Law,[1] which transformed the political system into a semi-presidential one.