Third Arafat Government

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| image = File:ArafatEconomicForum.jpg

| date_formed = 9 August 1998

| date_dissolved = 13 June 2002

| state_head = Yasser Arafat

| government_head = Yasser Arafat

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| political_party = *{{Color box|#FFA315|border=darkgray}} PLO (30)

• {{Color box|#FFFF00|border=darkgray}} Fatah (24){{efn|Includes Arafat}}
• {{Color box|#A91E3D|border=darkgray}} DAL (3)
• {{Color box|#FFA315|border=darkgray}} FIDA (1)
• {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} PPP (2)
• {{Color box|#A4A4A4|border=darkgray}} Independents (3)

| legislature_status = Formed by executive order

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| flag = Flag of Palestine.svg

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| previous = Second Arafat Government

| successor = Fourth Arafat Government

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{{Politics of Palestine}}

The third Yasser Arafat government was the third Palestinian government formed{{cite news|title=تشكيلة الحكومة الفلسطينية الثالثة|trans-title=Formation of the third Palestinian government|url=https://info.wafa.ps/userfiles/server/pdf/covernment_3.pdf|website=Wafa News Agency {{!}} Palestinian News & Information Agency|accessdate=6 August 2024|language=Arabic}} 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 on June 13, 2002.{{cite news|title=مرسوم رئاسي رقم (4) لسنة 2002م بتعديل تشكيل مجلس الوزراء|trans-title=Presidential Decree No. (4) of 2002 amending the formation of the Council of Ministers|url=https://mjr.lab.pna.ps/Decrees/Download/?p=6bd348b8-b813-450f-a7a1-c9ebb1d3f141.pdf&d=%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%20%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%20%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85(4)%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A92002%20%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%20%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%20%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1.pdf|website=Electronic reference for official gazette|date=13 June 2002|accessdate=6 August 2024}}

The Cabinet of Yasser Arafat's third government consisted of 30 ministers, including Arafat{{efn|Was also the Minister of Interior of the Palestine National Authority}} himself and only one woman, Intissar al-Wazir.{{Cite web |title=Wazir, Intisar Al- (Umm Jihad; 1941–) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/wazir-intisar-al-umm-jihad-1941 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}

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.{{cite news|title=التشكيلات الحكومية في عهد السلطة الفلسطينية|trans-title=Government formations during the Palestinian Authority era|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726065559/http://www.oppc.pna.net:80/mag/mag9-10/new_page_15.htm|website=Palestinian Planning Center|date=12 August 1998|accessdate=8 August 2024}}