Haifa al-Agha

Haifa al-Agha
Minister of Women's Affairs
In office
2014–2019
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Prime MinisterRami Hamdallah
Preceded byRabiha Diab
Succeeded byAmal Hamad
Personal details
NationalityPalestinian
EducationPhD in Educational Studies from Oklahoma State University

Haifa al-Agha is the Minister of Women's Affairs for the new Palestinian unity government created in 2014.[1]

Al-Agha is educated from the Oklahoma State University, where she obtained her PhD in 1991 in Educational Studies. She has formerly served as the Minister of Education, for Hamas on the Gaza Strip.[2]

  1. ^ Government of the State of Palestine, 2 June 2014. UN Observer SoP. Archived on 22 September 2015 from Government of the State of Palestine, 2 June 2014, accessed November 2015
  2. ^ Who's Who in the New PA Government Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. The Jerusalem Fund, 9 June 2014