Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (State of Palestine)

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine is the head of the government ministry in charge of Palestine's foreign relations. It was established in 2003 as a ministry within the Palestinian National Authority.

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List of ministers

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		Term of officeParty
1 Nabil Shaath 0c182 8694.jpg Nabil Shaath
(born 1938)		April 2003February 2005 Fatah
( PLO )
2 The Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri E. Ahamed meeting with the Palestinian Foreign Minister Mr. Nasser Kidva on the margins of Arab League Summit being held in Algiers, Algeria on March 21, 2005.jpg Nasser al-Qudwa
(born 1953)		February 2005March 2006 Fatah
( PLO )
3 Mahmoud al-Zahar at the 5th International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada, Tehran (2).jpg Mahmoud al-Zahar
(born 1945)		20 March 200618 March 2007 Hamas
4 Ziad Abu Amr (cropped).jpg Ziad Abu Amr
(born 1950)		18 March 200717 June 2007 Independent
5 Salam Fayyad (cropped).jpg Salam Fayyad
(born 1952)		June 2007July 2007 Third Way
6 Riyad al-Maliki (2013).jpg Riyad al-Maliki
(born 1955)		July 2007Incumbent Independent

Warfare involvement

In June 2006, Israel attacked the Hamas' foreign ministry in Gaza, in response to the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit. [1] The third and fourth floors of the building were destroyed, and the incident ended without fatalities. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Israel strikes Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry in Gaza". CNN. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Israeli Airstrike Collapses Palestinian Foreign Ministry Building in Gaza City". Fox News. 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-10.


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