Background and career
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.
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