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Ismail Haniyeh

Export controlled · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Ismail Haniyeh is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	HANIYEH, Ismail · Isma'il Haniyeh · Ismail Hanieh · Ismail Hanija · Ismail Haniya · 28 more...				[sources]
Other name	HANIEH, Ismail · HANIYA, Ismael · HANIYA, Ismail · HANIYAH, Ismael · HANIYAH, Ismail · 41 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Hanija · Hanije · Haniya · Haniyah · Haniyeh · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1962-01-29 · 1963-01-29 · 1963-05-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Al-Shati refugee camp · Shati refugee camp, Gaza Strip				[sources]
Death date	2024-07-31				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Palestine				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Ismael · Ismail · Ismayil				[sources]
Last name	Hanieh · Haniya · Haniyah · Haniyeh · Haniyyah				[sources]
Middle name	Abdel Salam Ahmed				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q152378				[sources]
Position	Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (2006-2007) · Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (2007-2007) · chief manager (2017-2024)				[sources]
Education	Islamic University of Gaza (-1987)				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-09	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

(also ISMAIL ABDUL SALAH HANIYA)

— US SAM Procurement Exclusions, 2025-07-23

Palestinian politician and Hamas leader (2017–2024)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-08-05

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States	Office of Foreign Assets Control		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Mohammad Haniyeh Close Associate	child	-	-
Amir Haniyeh Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority	2007-03-17	2007-06-14
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

Data sources

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,254

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,308

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,163

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,823

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,464

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,700

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,882

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: usgsa-s4mr6hj2y · ofac-23627 · usgsa-s4mr5d014 · tw-shtc-8e9331819c63a2534ea951867d9907c2f19dbd4a

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