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When did Abbas serve as the first prime minister of the Palestinian Authority?
From March to September 2001
From March to September 2002
From March to September 2003
From March to September 2004
Answer
Mahmoud Abbas served as the first prime minister of the Palestinian Authority from March to September 2003. He was appointed by Yasser Arafat, who had been president of the Palestinian Authority since its inception in 1994. Abbas was a member of Fatah, the political party that Arafat had founded. Abbas served as prime minister during a period of great political instability in the Palestinian territories.
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