Palestinian Legislative Council building in Ramallah, West Bank

The destroyed Palestinian Legislative Council building in Gaza City in September 2009

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Palestinian National Anthem Constitution President (disputed) Mahmoud Abbas (term expired on Jan. 9, 2009) Abdel Aziz Duwaik (assumed office on Jan. 9, 2009) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad / Ismail Haniyeh1 Present government Legislative Council Speaker Abdel Aziz Duwaik (assumed Presidency on Jan. 9, 2009) Current members Political parties Elections Presidential: 1996 · 2005 · 2010 Legislative: 1996 · 2006 · 2010 Governorates Electoral Districts Foreign relations Foreign Minister Fatah–Hamas conflict Israeli-Palestinian conflict Oslo Accords Proposed State of Palestine 1 On June 14, 2007, President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh's government and appointed Fayyad to form an emergency government. However, Haniyeh and Hamas maintain that these actions were illegal and that Haniyeh is still the Prime Minister. Haniyeh still exercises de facto authority in the Gaza Strip, while Fayyad's authority is limited de facto to the West Bank.

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The Palestinian Legislative Council, (sometimes referred to as the Palestinian Parliament) the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 132 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank and Gaza. The headquarters of the Palestinian Legislative Council is in Rimal, Gaza.^[1]

The Palestinian Legislative Council passed a new law in June 2005 increasing the number of members from 88 to 132, stipulating that half be elected under a system of proportional representation and half by traditional constituencies. New parliamentary polls took place on January 25, 2006.

On January 2, 2009, the IDF destroyed the parliament building in Gaza City during the 2008-2009 bombardment of Gaza.^[1]

[edit] Summary of 2006 election results

Ahmed Qurei, former Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority from October 7, 2003 to January 26, 2006, when he resigned after Hamas' victory in the 2006 legislative election.

[edit] Election Observers

The European Union supplied election observers to assess the whole election process, including the legal framework, the political environment and campaign, electoral preparations, voting and counting as well as the post-election period. To ensure that meaningful and credible elections providing democratic legitimacy to the Palestinian institutions on the road to statehood.^[2]

[edit] Current members

see main article Current members of Palestinian Legislative Council

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Palestinian legislative election, 2006
• Palestinian legislative and presidential election, 1996
• Jamal Tirawi

[edit] External links

• Palestinian Legislative Council (Gaza Strip)
• Palestinian Legislative Council (West Bank)
• The Palestinian Basic Law - A collection of various proposals and amendments to the Basic Law of Palestine
• MiddleEastReference.org: members elected in 2006