Ismail Haniyeh | |
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إِسْمَاعِيل هَنِيَّة | |
![]() Haniyeh in 2020 | |
Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau | |
In office 6 May 2017 – 31 July 2024 | |
Deputy | Saleh al-Arouri[1] |
Preceded by | Khaled Mashal |
De facto ruler of the Gaza Strip Disputed | |
In office 2 June 2014 – 13 February 2017 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas Aziz Dweik |
Preceded by | New creation |
Succeeded by | Yahya Sinwar |
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Disputed | |
In office 29 March 2006* – 2 June 2014 | |
Preceded by | Ahmed Qurei |
Succeeded by | Rami Hamdallah |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 or 1963[a] Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza Strip |
Died | Tehran, Iran | 31 July 2024 (aged 61–62)
Citizenship | Palestine |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Political party | Hamas |
Relations | Amal Haniyeh (wife) |
Children | 13 (3 deceased) |
Residence | Doha, Qatar |
Alma mater | Islamic University of Gaza |
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Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh (Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيل عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ أَحْمَدُ هَنِيَّة, romanized: ʾIsmāʿīl ʿAbd al-Salām ʾAḥmad Haniya; 1962/1963[a] – 31 July 2024) was a senior political leader of Hamas. He was the disputed Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.[5] In September 2017, he became Chief of Hamas's Political Bureau.[6]
Haniyeh was born in January 1963, according to the Hamas media office [...]
Haniyeh is survived by his wife, Amal, with whom he had had 13 children … Ismail Abd al-Salah Ahmad Haniyeh, politician, born 8 May 1963; died 31 July 2024
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