Aziz Duwaik
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Aziz Duwaik
عزيز دويك |
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| Assumed office 9 January 2009* |
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| Prime Minister | Ismail Haniyeh |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Abbas |
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| Born | c. 1950 |
| Political party | Hamas |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Religion | Islam |
| *Mahmoud Abbas' term ended on 9 January 2009, though he has extended it. He is disputed by Duwaik as President by the Hamas government in Gaza. | |
Aziz Duwaik (Arabic: عزيز دويك) (born c. 1950) has been considered by his political party, Hamas, to be the President of the Palestinian National Authority since 9 January 2009, when the elected term of Mahmoud Abbas of the rival Fatah party expired. He had become Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council on 18 January 2006. He was imprisoned in Israel on 6 August 2006 on charges of being a Hamas member, and was released on 22 June 2009.
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[edit] Education
Duwaik was a professor at An-Najah National University in Nablus on the West Bank. He holds a PhD in Regional and Architecture Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.
[edit] Exiled to Lebanon
Duwaik has been arrested many times and was exiled from the Palestinian territories and sent to southern Lebanon along with 400 other Hamas members by the Rabin administration in 1992.[1]
[edit] 2006 arrest
Abdel Aziz Duwaik was arrested by Israel on 29 June 2006 as part of Israel's Operation Summer Rains. He was later released and then rearrested 6 August 2006. Duwaik claims he was severely beaten while in custody. Duwaik's lawyers have also claimed that he is being held in unsanitary conditions.[2] In August 2006 Duwaik was charged in Israel for being a member of Hamas along with charges that he had been in contact with Khaled Meshaal, leader of Hamas. Duwaik claimed that this was a "political trial" and stated that he did not recognize it. Duwaik accused Israel of using "political blackmail" and claimed that his arrest was in violation of international law.[2] Duwaik (along with a number of other Palestinian ministers and parliament members) was imprisoned in spite of his parliamentary immunity.
[edit] 2009 release
Israel released Duwaik two months before the end of his three year sentence. He was released from Hadarim prison near Tel Aviv, then transferred to an Israeli military checkpoint outside the city of Tulkarm. He stated "Any person deprived of his freedom feels an enormous hardship." Duwaik's release came after a military tribunal near Ramallah which rejected an application by prosecutors to keep him detained, presumably because of his bad health.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Waked, Ali (2006-02-16). "'Our model is Muhammad': Hamas candidate for PA parliament speaks to Ynet about his views of the future". Ynetnews. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3217215,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
- ^ a b "Hamas speaker charged in Israel". BBC News. 2006-08-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5275340.stm. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
- ^ Hamas parliament Speaker released BBC News. BBC MMVI, 2009-06-23. Retrieved on 2009-06-23.
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| Preceded by Rawhi Fattouh |
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council 2006 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Mahmoud Abbas |
President of the Palestinian National Authority Disputed 2009 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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