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Hamas government of 2012

Second de facto Hamas government of the Gaza Strip

Summary

Second de facto Hamas government of the Gaza Strip

Field	Value
date_formed	September 2012
date_dissolved	2 June 2014
state_head	Mahmoud Abbas (President of the Palestinian National Authority)
government_head	Ismail Haniyeh
political_party	Hamas
members_number	10
previous	Hamas Government of June 2007
successor	Palestinian unity government of 2014
legislature_status	PLC (Gaza Strip)
opposition_party	Fatah
opposition_leader	Mahmoud Abbas

The Hamas government of 2012 was the second de facto Hamas government in the Gaza Strip since the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas in 2007. It was formed on 26 August 2012 and approved by the Gaza-based Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). As with the first Hamas government, this government was led by Ismail Haniyeh.

Seven of the ten ministers were newly appointed to the new government. The priorities of the new government has been said to be "ending the siege [of the Gaza Strip] and easing the problems of citizens, especially with regard to electricity and water." Neither the Palestinian Authority nor any foreign country recognised the Hamas governments as legitimate, and do not have any relations with Hamas; the United States, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Israel have designated Hamas a terrorist organization.

The Hamas governments in the Gaza Strip claim to be successors of the Palestinian unity government 2007, which had been dismissed by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in June 2007. Haniyeh had continued to claim the PA Fatah government of 2007 in West Bank and its successors were illegitimate.

The Hamas government of 2012 resigned in June 2014 after the formation of the Palestinian unity government of 2014.

Members of the government

Name	Office	Party
Ismail Haniyeh	Prime Minister	Hamas
Ziad Al-Zaza *	Deputy Prime Minister	Hamas
Finance	Hamas
Mufiz al-Makhalalati	Health	Hamas
Yusef Sobhi Aghreyz	Housing and Public Works	Hamas
Mazen Haniyeh	Justice	Hamas
Ismail Radwan	Religious Endowments (Waqf)	Hamas
Mohammed Jawad al-Farra	Local Government	Hamas
Ali Abdul Aziz al-Tirshawi	Agriculture	Hamas
Ghazi Hamad	Deputy Foreign Minister	Hamas
Fathi Hamad *	Interior	Hamas
Osama al-Muzayni *	Education	Hamas

Kept their positions from previous Hamas government of June 2007.

Diplomacy

In September 2012, following the announcement of the new government, the newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported that for the first time since the split with the Palestinian Authority in 2007, Hamas was seeking to appoint its own diplomats.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad, however, strongly denied that these forthcoming diplomatic appointments was an indication that the Gaza government was seeking to entrench the division between West Bank and Gaza Strip.

References

[http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=514753 ''New Hamas cabinet approved by lawmakers'']. Ma'an, 27 August 2012
[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hamas-announces-cabinet-reshuffle-in-gaza.aspx?pageID=238&nID=29198&NewsCatID=352 ''Hamas announces cabinet reshuffle in Gaza'']. AFP, 2 September 2012
link. (5 May 2013 . AFP)
"Haniya Announces Cabinet Reshuffle in Gaza".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121205170941/http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=30949 ''Hamas seeks to enter the world of diplomacy'']. Saleh al-Naami, Asharq Al-Awsat, 5 September 2012

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