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Aziz Dweik

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Aziz Dweik is the 12,073rd most popular politician (down from 10,958th in 2024). (down from 2,524th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Aziz Dweik ranks 12,074 out of 19,576. Before him are Dragan Tomić, Pyrrhus II of Epirus, Surangel Whipps Jr., Kuupik Kleist, Salahuddin of Selangor, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, and Charles Stewart Parnell. After him are György Lázár, Philopappos, Henry Pottinger, Jenő Fuchs, and Enshakushanna.

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Among people born in 1947, Aziz Dweik ranks 356. Before him are Peer Steinbrück, Jaroslav Pollák, Gregg Allman, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Olavo de Carvalho, and Sylvia Nasar. After him are Luis Ángel González Macchi, Valery Afanassiev, Michael S. Hart, Albert Brooks, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, and Herbert Mullin.

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