In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman of the palestinian legislative council of the palestinian authority”. Today it says “chairman of the palestinian legislative council”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council is the chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council of the Palestinian Authority . 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. Since 29 March 2006, the Speaker has been Aziz Dweik , of Hamas , though the Palestinian Legislative Council has not met since 2007.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council is the chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council . As Chairman, the Speaker replaces the President of the Palestinian National Authority if the latter is unable to perform their role. The current speaker is legislator Abdel Aziz Duwaik (Arabic: عبد العزيز دويك).
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The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council is the chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council . As Chairman, the Speaker replaces the President of the Palestinian National Authority if the latter is unable to perform their role. The current speaker is legislator Aziz Duwaik (Arabic: عبد العزيز دويك).
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The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council is the chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council of the Palestinian Authority .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.Since 29 March 2006, the Speaker has been Aziz Dweik , of Hamas , though the Palestinian Legislative Council has not met since 2007.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 946848266.
Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman of the palestinian legislative council of the palestinian authority”. Today it says “chairman of the palestinian legislative council”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
chairman of the palestinian legislative council of the palestinian authority
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chairman of the palestinian legislative council
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