Ghazi Ahmad Hammad is one of the leaders of the Hamas movement and a member of its political leadership.
Born in 1964 in the Yibna refugee camp in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip...
Ghazi Ahmad Hammad is one of the leaders of the Hamas movement and a member of its political leadership.
Born in 1964 in the Yibna refugee camp in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, to a Palestinian family originally from the village of Yibna in the Ramla district.
In 1987, he received a bachelor's degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Khartoum in Sudan, and in 2011 he completed a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies at Al-Azhar University.
He joined the Muslim Brotherhood in 1982 and participated in its cultural and political activities.
With the establishment of Hamas, he joined the movement and took part in planning and carrying out its activities, particularly during the First and Second Intifadas.
In his youth, he was arrested by Israel and imprisoned for five years.
From 1994 to 1995, he served as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Al-Watan, affiliated with Hamas, and from 1997 to 2006 he was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Al-Resalah.
In 2006, he was appointed spokesperson of the Tenth Palestinian Government. From 2008 to 2011, he headed the General Authority for Crossings and Borders. He later served as Deputy Foreign Minister from 2011 to 2019, and in 2019 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Social Development.
Hammad participated in national dialogues both before and after the Palestinian split. During his tenure at the Crossings Authority, he served as a liaison between Hamas and Egypt, as well as between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and between Hamas and Fatah.
He was involved in shaping ideas, concepts, and directions within the Hamas movement, and in building connections between it and civil society institutions.
