Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (State of Palestine)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine is the head of the government ministry 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]

Politics of Palestine
Officeholders whose status is disputed are shown in italics

Arab League Member state of the Arab League

Government
National symbols
Legislative Council
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
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List of ministers
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party
1 Nabil Shaath
(born 1938)		April 2003February 2005Fatah
(PLO)
2 Nasser al-Qudwa
(born 1953)		February 2005March 2006Fatah
(PLO)
3 Mahmoud al-Zahar
(born 1945)		20 March 200618 March 2007Hamas
4 Ziad Abu Amr
(born 1950)		18 March 200717 June 2007Independent
5 Salam Fayyad
(born 1952)		June 2007July 2007Third Way
6 Riyad al-Maliki
(born 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.


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