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
.

List of ministers

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Party
1 Nabil Shaath
(born 1938)		 April 2003 February 2005 Fatah
(PLO)
2 Nasser al-Qudwa
(born 1953)		 February 2005 March 2006 Fatah
(PLO)
3 Mahmoud al-Zahar
(born 1945)		 20 March 2006 18 March 2007 Hamas
4 Ziad Abu Amr
(born 1950)		 18 March 2007 17 June 2007 Independent
5 Salam Fayyad
(born 1952)		 June 2007 July 2007 Third Way
6 Riyad al-Maliki
(born 1955)		 July 2007 Incumbent 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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