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Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman of the palestinian legislative council”. Today it says “chairman of the palestinian legislative council of the palestinian authority”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman of the palestinian legislative council”. Today it says “chairman of the palestinian legislative council of the palestinian authority”.
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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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chairman of the palestinian legislative council

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chairman of the palestinian legislative council of the palestinian authority

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