Hamas members make up 19 of the 24 members of the new Palestinian Cabinet, after the Islamic militant group failed to agree a coalition with any other party

Prime Minister-designate and Minister of Youth and Sports

Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas)

Hamas's public face during election. Expelled from Palestinian territories to Lebanon in 1992, has survived at least one Israeli assassination attempt

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Higher Education

Nasser al-Sha'er (unelected Hamas)

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Mahmoud al-Zahar (Hamas)

A 60-year-old thyroid surgeon, Dr al-Zahar is a short-tempered hardliner who lost a son in a 2003 Israeli air strike which also broke his back and badly injured his wife

Minister of Interior and Civil Affairs

Said Siyam (Hamas)

A teacher who emerged as a Hamas spokesman in 2004

Minister of Finance

Omar Adel-Razeq (Hamas)

A former economics professor who holds a doctorate from Iowa State University in the US, he was released from an Israeli prison less than a week ago

Minister of National Economy

Ala el-Deen Al-Araj (Hamas)

Minister of Health

Basim Naeem (Hamas)

Minister of Welfare

Fakhri Turkman (Independent, unelected technocrat)

Minister of Prisoners' Affairs

Naser Abdel-Jawwad (Hamas)

Minister of Information

Yousef Rezqa (Hamas)

Minister of Women’s Affairs

Mariam Saleh (Hamas, the only woman in the Cabinet)

Minister of Justice

Ahmed Al-Khaldi (Independent, unelected technocrat)

Minister of Telecommunications

Jamal al-Khudary (Independent)

Minister of Public Works and Housing

Ziad al-Zaza (unelected technocrat)

Minister of Tourism

Tanas Abu Eita (Independent and a Christian)

Minister of Culture

Attallah Abu Al-Sabeh (unelected Hamas)

Minister of Transportation

Abdel-Rahman Zidan (Hamas)

Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs

Nayef al-Rajoub (Hamas)

Minister of Planning

Samir Abu Aesha (unelected Hamas)

Minister of Agriculture

Mohammad Ramadan Al-Agha (unelected Hamas)

Jerusalem Affairs Minister

Khaled Abu Arafa (Independent)

Minister of Local Government

Issa Al-Jaabari (unelected Hamas)

Minister without Portfolio

Atef Odwan (Hamas)

Cabinet Secretary

Mohammad Awwad (unelected Hamas)

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