Amal Hamad

Amal Tawfiq Abdel Hadi Nashwan Hamad
Palestinian Minister of Women's Affairs
Assumed office
2019
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Prime MinisterMohammad Shtayyeh
Preceded byHaifa al-Agha
Member of the Fatah Central Committee
Member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council
Assumed office
2009
Deputy Secretary of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah
Member of the Palestinian National Council
Deputy Commissioner for International Relations of Fatah
Responsible Minister for the General Union of Palestinian Women in the Gaza Strip
Assumed office
2007
Personal details
BornJuly 12, 1963
Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyFatah
Alma materBirzeit University, Al-Aqsa University, Ain Shams University

Amal Tawfiq Abdel Hadi Nashwan Hamad (born on July 12, 1963) is a Palestinian politician and feminist associated with the Fatah movement. As of 2019 she serves as the Palestinian Minister of Women's Affairs in the Shtayyeh Government.

She was born in 1963 in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip. In her early years, Hamad received her education in Beit Hanoun and later pursued higher studies at Birzeit University, earning a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a diploma in education. She furthered her education with diplomas in teaching methods and educational psychology from Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. Later, she completed a master's degree in social psychology at Ain Shams University in Egypt and a doctorate in educational psychology from the same university in 2015.

Throughout her political career, Hamad has held significant roles, including being a member of the Fatah Central Committee[1][2] and serving as the Responsible Minister for the General Union of Palestinian Women in Gaza since 2007. She was elected to the Fatah Revolutionary Council in 2009 and has been actively involved in various Palestinian political bodies. In 2019, she assumed the position of Minister of Palestinian Women's Affairs in the Shtayyeh Government, taking the oath before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.[3]

  1. ^ "17 03. 2015 0 Share The Center condemns preventing a member of the Fatah Central Committee, Amal Hamad, from traveling through the Beit Hanoun crossing". Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Results of the elections for members of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, with the number of votes each candidate obtained". Al Watan Voice. Al Watan Voice. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Biography of the ministers of the new government". Ramallah News. Ramallah News. Retrieved 21 October 2023.