Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

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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]

List of Foreign Ministers (2003–Present)

# Portrait Name
(Born-Died)		 Term of office Party
1 Nabil Shaath
(b. 1938) 		April 2003 February 2005 Fatah
(Palestine Liberation Organization)
2 Nasser al-Qudwa
(b. 1953) 		February 2005 March 2006 Fatah
(Palestine Liberation Organization)
3 Mahmoud al-Zahar
(b. 1945) 		20 March 2006 18 March 2007 Hamas
4 Ziad Abu Amr
(b. 1950) 		18 March 2007 17 June 2007 Independent
5 Salam Fayyad
(b. 1952) 		June 2007 July 2007 Third Way
6 Riyad al-Maliki
(b. 1955) 		July 2007 Incumbent Independent
7 Muhammad Awad
(b. 1960)[3] 		May 2011 September 2012 Hamas
— Ismail Haniyeh
(b. 1963)[4] 		September 2012 2 June 2014 Hamas

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.
  3. ↑ Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority of the Government in the Gaza Strip
  4. ↑ Acting Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority of the Government in the Gaza Strip

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