Birth place: Shati refugee camp, near Gaza City
Father: Father was a fisherman
Marriage: Amal Haniya
Children: 11 or 12
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June 13, 2010 – Haniya meets with Arab League Secretary Amr Moussa in Gaza. Moussa is the first senior Arab leader to visit Gaza since 2006.
May 2, 2011 – Condemns the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, referring to him as a Muslim holy warrior and the victim of American oppression.
October 23, 2012 – Meets with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the first official head of state to visit since Egypt and Israel instituted a blockade in 2007.
April 4, 2013 – Haniya is appointed deputy head of Hamas, and Khaled Meshaal is re-elected chief.
