Hani Talab al-Qawasmi is a Palestinian politician. He was born in Gaza, although his family originated from

Hebron Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after Eas ...

in the modern-day

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

and emigrated to Gaza in 1949. Al-Qawasmi received his BA degree in accounting from

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

and pursued his studies and got a high diploma in human resources from Cairo University. Al-Qawasmi worked at the religious al-Azhar Institute for 10 years. He worked with the establishment of the

Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,

in its Civil Affairs Ministry for 7 years.''The PA Ministerial Cabinet List—The National Unity Government March 2007''
JMCC. Archived on 4 October 2009 He currently works as general director of administrative affairs at the Interior Ministry, effectively the

Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority The Ministry of Interior and National Security is the branch of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) cabinet in charge of the security and the statistics of the population of the Palestinian National Authority. The Palestinian Central Bureau of ...

, upon a decision from the Cabinet. In May 2007, the coalition deal between

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and Fatah appeared to be weaker, as new fighting broke out between the two factions. This was considered a major setback. Al-Qawasmi, who had been considered a moderate civil servant acceptable to both factions, resigned due to what he termed harmful behavior by both factions.Top Palestinian security official quits
By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press, 5/14/07
Resignation deepens Gaza crisis
BBC, 5/14/07. Al-Qawasmi is currently married with five children.

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