The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council is the chairman of the

Palestinian Legislative Council The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is the unicameral legislature of the Palestinian Authority, elected by the Palestinian residents of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It currently comprises 132 members ...

of the

Palestinian Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,

. As Chairman, the Speaker acts as interim

President of the Palestinian National Authority The president of the Palestinian National Authority ( ar, رئيس السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية) is the highest-ranking political position (equivalent to head of state) in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The presiden ...

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.''PNA interim chairman calls for elections preparations''
. Xinhua News Agency, 13 November 2004 Since 29 March 2006, the Speaker has been Aziz Dweik, of

Hamas Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni- Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Br ...

, though the Palestinian Legislative Council has not met since 2007.

History

After the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister,

Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Nati ...

, on 6 September 2003, the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council,

Ahmed Qurei Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei (or Qureia; ar, أحمد علي محمد قريع, ), also known by his Arabic '' kunya'' Abu Alaa (, ) (born 26 March 1937) is a former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. First appointed to the positi ...

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 Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...

on 11 November 2004 until 15 January 2005, when Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as President following the election.

List of speakers

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Speaker Of The Palestinian Legislative Council * 1996 establishments in the Palestinian territories

History

List of speakers

See also

References