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Ismail Haniyeh
Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh
(, ; sometimes
transliterated
as
Ismail Haniya
,
Ismail Haniyah
,
Ismail Hanieh
; ; born 29 January 1963) is a senior political leader of
Hamas
and formerly one of two disputed
Prime Ministers
of the
Palestinian National Authority
. Haniyeh became prime minister after Hamas won the
Palestinian legislative elections of 2006
.
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
.
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