Rawhi Fattouh

Rawhi Fattuh
روحي فتوح
Interim President of the Palestinian National Authority
In office
11 November 2004 – 15 January 2005
Preceded byYasser Arafat
Succeeded byMahmoud Abbas
3rd Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
In office
10 March 2004 – 16 February 2006
Preceded byRafiq Al-Natsheh
Succeeded byAziz Dweik
Personal details
Born (1949-08-23) 23 August 1949 (age 75)
Rafah, All-Palestine Protectorate, Kingdom of Egypt
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyFatah

Rawhi Fattuh (Arabic: روحي فتوح, Rawḥī Fatūḥ, also transliterated as Rauhi Fattouh; born 23 August 1949) is the former Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and was the interim President of the Palestinian Authority, following the death of Yasser Arafat on 11 November 2004 until 15 January 2005. Under Palestinian law, he was to hold the post for sixty days until an election was held.[1] The elections were held and won by Mahmoud Abbas, who was sworn in on 15 January 2005.[2] He was elected to the Central Committee of Fatah in December 2016.[3]

  1. ^ "PNA interim chairman calls for elections preparations". Xinhua News Agency. 13 November 2004. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ Bio entry appears in the PASSIA (Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs) website, listed as FATTOUH, RAWHI Ahmed Mohammed (1949-) under "Personalities" at "PASSIA: Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs - JerusalemPASSIA: Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs". Archived from the original on 3 December 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2011. PASSIA's entry is referenced by other online biographical sources.
  3. ^ "Fatah Congress elects Central Committee and Revolutionary Council members". WAFA. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2024.