President of the Palestinian Arab Republic
| President | Tenure | Party | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Yasser Arafat
(1918-1986) |
15 November 1982 –
1 December 1998 |
Pan-Arab Liberation Organization | N/A | |
| 1983 | ||||||
| 1987 | ||||||
| 1991 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 2 | 1999 | |||||
| 3 | Edward Said | |||||
| 4 | Ahmad Sa'adat
(1922-2018) |
28 September 1986 –
1 December 1986 |
Arab Revolutionary Socialist Union | |||
| 5 | Marwan Barghouti
(1910-1989) |
1 December 1986 –
23 June 1989 |
Pan-Arab Liberation Organization | 1986 | ||