The Hamas government of 2012 was the second ''de facto'' Hamas government in the Gaza Strip since the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas in 2007. It was formed on 26 August 2012 and approved by the Gaza-based

Hamas Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Bri ...

members of the

Palestinian Legislative Council The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is the unicameral legislature of the Palestinian Authority, elected by the Palestinian residents of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It currently comprises 132 members, e ...

(PLC).''New Hamas cabinet approved by lawmakers''
Ma'an, 27 August 2012''Hamas announces cabinet reshuffle in Gaza''
AFP, 2 September 2012 As with the first Hamas government, this government was led by

Ismail Haniyeh Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh; sometimes transliterated as Haniya, Haniyah, or Hanieh (born 29 January 1962) is a senior political leader of Hamas and formerly one of two disputed Prime Ministers of the Palestinian National Authority. Haniy ...

. Seven of the ten ministers were newly appointed to the new government.''Haniya inducts 7 new ministers into cabinet''
. AFP The priorities of the new government has been said to be "ending the siege f the Gaza Stripand easing the problems of citizens, especially with regard to electricity and water." 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 the Palestinian unity government 2007, which had been dismissed by Palestinian President

Mahmud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Natio ...

in June 2007. Haniyeh had continued to claim the PA Fatah government of 2007 in West Bank and its successors were illegitimate. The Hamas government of 2012 resigned in June 2014 after the formation of the

Palestinian unity government of 2014 The Palestinian Unity Government of June 2014 was a national unity government of the Palestinian National Authority under Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formed on 2 June 2014 following the Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Agreement that had bee ...

Members of the government

* ''Kept their positions from previous

Hamas government of June 2007 The Hamas government of June 2007 led by Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas was the ''de facto'' government in the Gaza Strip after a fierce inter-factional Palestinian warfare in the Gaza Strip, in which Hamas ousted Fatah from the Gaza Strip. The Hamas gov ...

.''

Diplomacy

In September 2012, following the announcement of the new government, the newspaper

Asharq Al-Awsat ''Asharq Al-Awsat'' ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, Aš-Šarq al-ʾAwsaṭ, meaning "The Middle East") is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted f ...

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 Minister Ghazi 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.''Hamas seeks to enter the world of diplomacy''
Saleh al-Naami, Asharq Al-Awsat, 5 September 2012

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{{Palestinian governments Palestinian politics Gaza Strip governments 2012 establishments in the Palestinian territories Cabinets established in 2012 2012 in the Gaza Strip

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