Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
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The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council is the chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council of the Palestinian Authority. As Chairman, the Speaker acts as interim President of the Palestinian National Authority if the latter is unable to perform his or her duties. Under Palestinian law, the interim President holds the role for sixty days until an election is held.[1]
Since 29 March 2006, the Speaker has been Aziz Dweik, of Hamas, though the Palestinian Legislative Council has not met since 2007.
History
After the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas, on 6 September 2003, the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Ahmed Qurei became acting Prime Minister, and he would be Prime Minister until 26 January 2006.
Rawhi Fattouh became interim President of the Palestinian Authority following the death of Yasser Arafat on 11 November 2004 until 15 January 2005, when Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as President following the election.
List of Speakers
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Fatah/meta/color; color:black"| 1 | 
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Ahmed Qurei (b. 1937) |
7 March 1996 | 7 October 2003 | Fatah (Palestine Liberation Organization) |
[2] |
| style="background:Template:Fatah/meta/color; color:black"| 2 | Rafiq Al-Natsheh (b. 1934) |
11 October 2003 | 13 July 2004 | Fatah (Palestine Liberation Organization) |
[3] | |
| style="background:Template:Fatah/meta/color; color:black"| 3 | File:Palestinian National Authority COA.svg | Rawhi Fattouh (b. 1949) |
13 July 2004 | 16 February 2006 | Fatah (Palestine Liberation Organization) |
[4] |
| style="background:Template:Hamas/meta/color; color:white"| 4 | File:Palestinian National Authority COA.svg | Aziz Dweik (b. 1948) |
29 March 2006 | Incumbent | Hamas | |
See also
- Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
- President of the State of Palestine
- President of the Palestinian National Authority
- Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
- Leaders of Palestinian institutions
References
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- ^ "Political Handbook of the World 1998". Springer. February 1, 2016 – via Google Books.
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