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Ismail Haniyeh[a] (born 29 January 1962) is a Palestinian politician who is seen as the overall political leader of Hamas, the de facto ruling entity of the Gaza Strip.[2] He is the current chairman of Hamas’s political bureau; as of 2023, Haniyeh lives in Qatar.[3]
Haniyeh was born in the Al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in 1962. He studied at the Islamic University of Gaza,[4][5] where he first became involved with Hamas, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Arabic literature in 1987. Appointed to head a Hamas office in 1997, he has since grown in the ranks of the organization.
Haniyeh was head of the Hamas list that won the Palestinian legislative elections of 2006, and so became Prime Minister of the State of Palestine. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah–Hamas conflict, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continued to exercise prime ministerial authority in the Gaza Strip.[6]
Haniyeh was the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip from 2006 until February 2017, when he was replaced by Yahya Sinwar. On 6 May 2017, Haniyeh was elected chairman of Hamas's Political Bureau, replacing Khaled Mashaal; at the time, Haniyeh relocated from Gaza to Qatar.[7][8]
^"Hamas appoints West Bank terror chief as its deputy leader". The Times of Israel. 5 October 2017.
^Alshawabkeh, Lina (17 October 2023). "Who are the leaders of Hamas?". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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^"Ex-Gaza leader Haniyeh reportedly to replace Mashaal as Hamas head". The Times of Israel. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^"Hamas says Ismail Haniyeh chosen as Islamic group's leader". Yahoo News. 7 May 2017. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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