Said Seyam

Said Seyam
Minister of Interior of the Gaza Strip
In office
15 June 2007 – 15 January 2009
Prime MinisterIsmail Haniyeh
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byFathi Hamad
Minister of Interior
In office
29 March 2006 – 17 March 2007
Prime MinisterIsmail Haniyeh
Preceded byNasser Yousef
Succeeded byHani Talab al-Qawasmi
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
In office
18 February 2006 – 15 January 2009
ConstituencyGaza Governorate
Personal details
Born(1959-07-22)22 July 1959
Died15 January 2009(2009-01-15) (aged 49)
Cause of deathIsraeli airstrike
PartyHamas
Children6 (2 sons, 4 daughters)
EducationAl-Quds Open University
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister2". Replace with "prime_minister2".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister". Replace with "prime_minister".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Said Seyam (Arabic: سعيد صيام‎; 22 July 1959 – 15 January 2009), first name also spelled Saeed and Sayed and last name also spelled Siam, was a Palestinian politician. He served as the interior minister of the Palestinian government of March 2006. He joined Hamas and became one of its top commanders. During the 2008–2009 Gaza War, Seyam was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia. Seyam was the most senior Hamas member killed in the war, and the most senior Hamas figure killed by Israel since the death of Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi in April 2004.