Hamas government of 2012 | |
|---|---|
| Date formed | September 2012 |
| Date dissolved | 2 June 2014 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Mahmoud Abbas (President of thePalestinian National Authority) |
| Head of government | Ismail Haniyeh |
| No. of ministers | 10 |
| Member party | Hamas |
| Status in legislature | PLC (Gaza Strip) |
| Opposition party | Fatah |
| Opposition leader | Mahmoud Abbas |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Hamas Government of June 2007 |
| Successor | Palestinian unity government of 2014 |
TheHamas government of 2012 was the secondde factoHamas government in the Gaza Strip since thetakeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas in 2007. It was formed on 26 August 2012 and approved by the Gaza-basedHamas members of thePalestinian Legislative Council (PLC).[1][2] As with the first Hamas government, this government was led byIsmail Haniyeh.
Seven of the ten ministers were newly appointed to the new government.[3] The priorities of the new government has been said to be "ending thesiege [of the Gaza Strip] and easing the problems of citizens, especially with regard to electricity and water."[2] 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 thePalestinian unity government 2007, which had been dismissed by Palestinian PresidentMahmud Abbas in June 2007. Haniyeh had continued to claim the PAFatah government of 2007 in West Bank and its successors were illegitimate.
The Hamas government of 2012 resigned in June 2014 after the formation of thePalestinian unity government of 2014.
| Name | Office | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Ismail Haniyeh | Prime Minister | Hamas |
| Ziad Al-Zaza *[1][3][4] | Deputy Prime Minister | Hamas |
| Finance | Hamas | |
| Mufiz al-Makhalalati[3][4] | Health | Hamas |
| Yusef Sobhi Aghreyz[3][4] | Housing and Public Works | Hamas |
| Mazen Haniyeh[3][4] | Justice | Hamas |
| Ismail Radwan[3][4] | Religious Endowments (Waqf) | Hamas |
| Mohammed Jawad al-Farra[3][4] | Local Government | Hamas |
| Ali Abdul Aziz al-Tirshawi[3][4] | Agriculture | Hamas |
| Ghazi Hamad[5] | Deputy Foreign Minister | Hamas |
| Fathi Hamad *[1] | Interior | Hamas |
| Osama al-Muzayni *[1] | Education | Hamas |
In September 2012, following the announcement of the new government, the newspaperAsharq 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 MinisterGhazi 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.[5]
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