Aziz Dweik

Aziz Dweik
عزيز دويك
Interim President of the Palestinian National Authority
In office
15 January 2009 – 2 June 2014
(disputed with Mahmoud Abbas)
Preceded byMahmoud Abbas
Succeeded byMahmoud Abbas
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 March 2006
Preceded byRawhi Fattouh
Personal details
Born (1947-01-12) 12 January 1947
Hebron, Mandatory Palestine
Political partyHamas
Alma materAn-Najah National University
University of Pennsylvania

Aziz Dweik (Arabic: عزيز دويك, romanized: ʿAzīz Duwayk; born 12 January 1947) is a Palestinian politician of Hamas who was elected the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on 18 January 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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