Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) on 1 December took the rotating leadership of the interim Governing Council (GC). Al-Hakim replaces Jalal Talabani, the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, who held the position during November. The change in leadership comes at a sensitive time in the council's existence as it becomes clear that a number of members, including Al-Hakim, do not agree whole-heatedly with the US plan for the transition of political power in Iraq. Al-Hakim in late November complained that the IGC was pressured to approve the plan.