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The '''Palestinian Authority Government of October 2003''' was an eight-member [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian Authority]] (PA) emergency government from October to November 2003.<ref name=pa_oct-nov_2003/> It was headed by newly appointed Prime Minister [[Ahmed Qurei#Prime Minister|Ahmed Qurei]] and established by Presidential Decree on 5 October.<ref name=jmcc_emergency_decree>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031215205900/http://www.jmcc.org/politics/pna/emerggovdecree.htm ''Presidential Decree No. ( ) of 2003'']. JMCC, archived 15 December 2003</ref> The Fatah Central Committee had agreed to the emergency Cabinet with Qurei as caretaker Prime Minister, but the Fatah-dominated Parliament refused to hold a vote of confidence pending the formation of an expanded Cabinet.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast/ ''Palestinian designate: Future as PM uncertain'']. CNN, 12 October 2003</ref>
 
On 12 November 2003, the Cabinet was replaced by [[Palestinian Government of November 2003|a 24-member government government]], also headed by Qurei.