Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council

Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Arabic: رئيس المجلس التشريعي الفلسطيني
Incumbent
Aziz Dweik
since 18 February 2006
SeatRamallah, Palestine
AppointerPalestinian Legislative Council
Formation7 March 1996
First holderAhmed Qurei

The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (Arabic: رئيس المجلس التشريعي الفلسطيني) is the chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council, the unicameral legislature of Palestine. 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 18 February 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 Prime Minister, and he would be Prime Minister until 29 March 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term Political party Legislative
Council 		Notes
Took office Left office Duration
1 Ahmed Qurei
(1937–2023)		 7 March 1996 7 October 2003 7 years, 214 days Fatah
(PLO)		 1 [2]
2 Rafiq Al-Natsheh
(born 1934)		 3 November 2003 10 March 2004 4 months Fatah
(PLO)		 1 [3]
3 Rawhi Fattouh
(born 1949)		 10 March 2004 18 February 2006 1 year, 11 months Fatah
(PLO)		 1 [4]
4 Aziz Dweik
(born 1948)		 18 February 2006 Incumbent 20 years, 30 days Hamas 2

Timeline

See also

References

  1. ^ PNA interim chairman calls for elections preparations Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. Xinhua News Agency, 13 November 2004
  2. ^ Political Handbook of the World 1998. Springer. February 1, 2016. ISBN 9781349149513 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Group, Taylor & Francis (February 8, 2004). The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781857432558 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ No, Author; Staff, Europa Publications (February 8, 2007). The Europa World Year Book 2007. Routledge. ISBN 9781857434149 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
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