Aziz Dweik
Aziz Dweik | |
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عزيز دويك | |
| Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 18 February 2006 | |
| Deputy | First Ahmad Bahar Second Hasan Khreisheh |
| Preceded by | Rawhi Fattouh |
| Interim President of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In office 15 January 2009 – 2 June 2014 (disputed with Mahmoud Abbas) | |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 18 February 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aziz Salem Murtada al-Dweik 12 January 1948 |
| Party | Hamas |
| Children | 7 |
| Alma mater | An-Najah National University University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Politician, architect, university professor |
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Officeholders whose status is disputed are shown in italics |
| Member state of the Arab League |
| Palestine portal |
Aziz Dweik (Arabic: عزيز دويك, romanized: ʿAzīz Duwayk; born 12 January 1948) is a Palestinian politician, architect, and university professor who has been serving as the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) since 18 February 2006. A member of Hamas, he has been in the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006.
Hamas recognized Dweik as the interim president of the Palestinian National Authority and of the State of Palestine from 15 January 2009, when the elected term of Mahmoud Abbas officially expired, until 2 June 2014, when Hamas and Fatah agreed on the establishment of a national unity government under Abbas as President.
In October 2023, amidst the Gaza war, Dweik, who was then living in the West Bank, was arrested by the Israel Defense Forces.