| Date Formed: | 9 August 1998 |
| Date Dissolved: | 13 June 2002 |
| State Head: | Yasser Arafat |
| Government Head: | Yasser Arafat |
| Political Party: | |
| Legislature Status: | Formed by executive order |
| Flag: | Flag of Palestine.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Previous: | Second Arafat Government |
| Successor: | Fourth Arafat Government |
The third Yasser Arafat government was the third Palestinian government formed[1] and headed by the President of the Palestinian National Authority Yasser Arafat. It succeeded the second Palestinian government and lasted from August 9, 1998 until the formation of the fourth Palestinian government in June 13, 2002.[2]
The Cabinet of Yasser Arafat's third government consisted of 30 ministers, including Arafat himself amd only one woman, Intissar al-Wazir.[3]
Ministers were not appointed for the Ministries of Education, Youth and Sports, and Religious Affairs and Endowments. Three new ministries were created: the Ministry of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.[4]
| Name | Image | Ministerial Portfolio | Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasser Arafat | President of the Palestinian National Authority and Minister of Interior | Fatah | Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee from the previous government | ||
| 2 | Faisal Husseini | Minister of Jerusalem Affairs | Fatah | Member of the PLO Executive Committee from the previous government | ||
| 3 | Nabil Ali Rashid Shaath | Minister of Planning and International Cooperation | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Khan Yunis from the previous government | ||
| 4 | Saeb Mohammed Saleh Erekat | Minister of Local Government | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Jericho from the previous government | ||
| 5 | Hikmat Hashem Lutfi Zaid | Minister of Agriculture | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Jenin | ||
| 6 | Intissar Mustafa Mahmoud al-Wazir | Minister of Social Affairs | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Gaza from the previous government | ||
| 7 | Freih Mustafa Freih Abu Middein | Minister of Justice | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Deir al-Balah from the previous government | ||
| 8 | Maher Nashat Taher al-Masri | Minister of Economy and Trade | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Nablus from the previous government | ||
| 9 | Jamil Yousef Mislah al-Tarifi | Minister of Civil Affairs | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Ramallah and al-Bireh from the previous government | ||
| 10 | Azzam Najeeb Mustafa al-Ahmad | Minister of Public Works | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Jenin from the previous government | ||
| 11 | Abdel Rahman Tawfiq Abdel Hadi Hamad | Minister of Housing | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for North Gaza from the previous government | ||
| 12 | Abdel Aziz Ali Abdel Aziz Shahin | Minister of Supply | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Rafah from the previous government | ||
| 13 | Rafiq Shaker Darwish al-Natsheh | Minister of Labor | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Hebron | ||
| 14 | Riyad Dheeb Saleem Zanoun | Minister of Health | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Gaza from the previous government | ||
| 15 | Nabil Mahmoud Yousef Amr | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Hebron | ||
| 16 | Saadi Mahmoud Suleiman al-Karnaz | Minister of Industry | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Deir al-Balah | ||
| 17 | Ali Ibrahim Ghazal al-Qawasmi | Minister of Transport | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Hebron from the previous government | ||
| 18 | Mitri Tanas Jaris Abu Aita | Minister of Tourism | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Bethlehem | ||
| 19 | Talal Mohammed Abdul Razaq Seder | Minister of State | Independent | from the previous government | ||
| 20 | Imad Abdul Hamid Abdul Hadi al-Falouji | Minister of Telecommunications | Independent | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for North Gaza from the previous government | ||
| 21 | Yasser Abdul Majid Adib Abed Rabbo | Minister of Culture and Minister of Information | FIDA Party | Member of the PLO Executive Committee from the previous government | ||
| 22 | Mohammed Zuhdi al-Nashashibi | Minister of Finance | Independent | Member of the PLO Executive Committee from the previous government | ||
| 23 | Munther Salah | Minister of Higher Education | Independent | |||
| 24 | Yousef Atta Allah Ibrahim Abu Safieh | Minister of State for Environmental Affairs | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for North Gaza | ||
| 25 | Hisham Ali Hassan Abdel Razek | Minister of State for Prisoners Affairs | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for North Gaza | ||
| 26 | Ziad Ali Khalil Abu Zayyad | Minister of State for Jerusalem Affairs | Fatah | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Jerusalem | ||
| 27 | Hassan Mohammed Ahmed Asfour | Minister of State for NGO Affairs | Palestinian People's Party | Member of the First Palestinian Legislative Council for Khan Younis | ||
| 28 | Bashir Barghouti | Minister of State | Palestinian People's Party | from the previous government | ||
| 29 | Nabil Qassis | Minister of State for Bethlehem Affairs | Independent | |||
| 30 | Ahmed Abdel Rahman | Secretary General of the Cabinet | Fatah | from the previous government |