Hamas government of June 2007

The Palestinian government of June 2007 by Ismail Haniyye was formed in the Gaza Strip, following an intensive inter-factional Palestinian warfare in the Gaza Strip, in which Fatah was ousted by Hamas party. While another alternative Fatah-led Palestinian government was formed in the West Bank and widely recognized as the representative government of the Palestinian National Authority, it is viewed by Hamas and some other elelements as illegitimate and unconstitutional. President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas suspended certain articles from the Basic Law in order for the alternative West Bank based cabinet to be sworn in without the approval of the Palestinian Legislative Council, seated in Gaza Strip. Ismail Haniyeh considers the Fatah government in the West Bank illegitimate, and exercises de facto rule over the Gaza Strip, supported by the Palestinian Legislative Council, which is dominated by members of Hamas.

This Hamas cabinet of June 2007, in parallel with the Fatah cabinet of June 2007, succeeded the national unity government.^[1] In September 2012, Ismail Haniyye appointed a reshuffled government in Gaza.

Members of the Hamas cabinet in Gaza

Name	Office	Party
Ismail Hanieh	Prime Minister	Hamas
Samir Abu Eisheh	Planning Minister	Hamas
Said Seyam (replaced by Fathi Hamad in 2009)	Interior Minister	Hamas
Osama al-Muzayni[2]	Education	Hamas
Yousef al-Mansi	Telecommunications and Information Technology	Hamas
Mohammed al-Agha	Agriculture	Hamas
Mohammed al-Barghouthi	Local Government	Hamas
Ziad al-Thatha (al-Zaza)[1]	Economic Affairs	Hamas
Basem Naim[3]	Health	Hamas
Ali al-Sartawi	Justice	Hamas
Hussein Tartouri	Waqf and Religious Affairs	Hamas
Amal Syam	Women Affairs	Hamas
Ashraf al-Ajrami	State	Hamas
Basem Naim	Youth and Sports	Hamas

See also

• Palestinian government
• Palestinian government of June 2007 - Fatah government in the West Bank (widely recognized as the government of the Palestinian National Authority

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