Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (State of Palestine)

The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority is in charge of Palestine's foreign relations. In June 2006, Israel attacked the ministry's office in Gaza City twice. The attacks were in response to the capturing of an Israeli soldier just weeks before.[1][2]

State of Palestine
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Palestine
Officeholders whose status is disputed are shown in italics

Member State of the Arab League

Government
National symbols
Legislative Council
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
 Palestine portal

List of Foreign Ministers (2003–present)
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party
1 Nabil Shaath
(b. 1938)		April 2003February 2005Fatah
(Palestine Liberation Organization)
2 Nasser al-Qudwa
(b. 1953)		February 2005March 2006Fatah
(Palestine Liberation Organization)
3 Mahmoud al-Zahar
(b. 1945)		20 March 200618 March 2007Hamas
4 Ziad Abu Amr
(b. 1950)		18 March 200717 June 2007Independent
5 Salam Fayyad
(b. 1952)		June 2007July 2007Third Way
6 Riyad al-Maliki
(b. 1955)		July 2007IncumbentIndependent

See also

References
  1. "Israeli Airstrike Collapses Palestinian Foreign Ministry Building in Gaza City". Fox News. 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
  2. "Israel strikes Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry in Gaza". CNN. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.