Mahmoud Abbas has been serving as the President of Palestine since 2005. He is currently 89 years old. In this condition, he is suffering from various problems related to old age. Naturally so the question; If he dies for any reason, who will be the next president of the country? President Abbas himself gave the solution when there was a question about this in the public mind. Said who will be his successor in case of his death or resignation.

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President Abbas has named an interim president as his successor for three months. According to him, the chairman of the Palestinian National Council can take over as interim president in his place. Now in charge of which is Rauhi Fatuh (75).

President Abbas said these things in a statement on Wednesday. Where he directly told the Chairman of the National Council to handle the interim duties of the President's chair without mentioning the name of Rawhi Fatuhar. Whose responsibility will be to elect the president within three months and explain the responsibility.

Rouhi Fatuh served briefly as stop-gap leader after Yasser Arafat's death in 2004. It is believed that he can replace President Abbas in the future. Because President Abbas has no deputy who can be seen in this role.

However, Abbas's popularity has decreased recently. He has held this chair since he was elected President of Palestine for a four-year term in 2005. There was no election in between. Moreover, many do not want to see him as president because of the ongoing war. An opinion poll last September showed that 89 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank wanted Abbas to step down.