Jump to content

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (State of Palestine)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by GabeIglesia (talk | contribs) at 04:35, 11 November 2015 (Fixed category syntax). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Politics of Palestine
Coat of arms of Palestine
Officeholders whose status is disputed are shown in italics
National symbols
Administrative divisions
Government
Legislative Council
Elections
Local elections
Political parties
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) factions
Other parties
Palestinian Electoral Lists
Leaders
Map shows birthplaces or family origins
Foreign relations
Arab League Member state of the Arab League
flag Palestine portal

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
style="background:Template:Fatah/meta/color; color:black"| 1 Nabil Shaath
(b. 1938)		 April 2003 February 2005 Fatah
(Palestine Liberation Organization)
style="background:Template:Fatah/meta/color; color:black"| 2 File:Palestinian National Authority COA.svg Nasser al-Qudwa
(b. 1953)		 February 2005 March 2006 Fatah
(Palestine Liberation Organization)
style="background:Template:Hamas/meta/color; color:white"| 3 File:Palestinian National Authority COA.svg Mahmoud al-Zahar
(b. 1945)		 20 March 2006 18 March 2007 Hamas
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"| 4 File:Palestinian National Authority COA.svg Ziad Abu Amr
(b. 1950)		 18 March 2007 17 June 2007 Independent
5 Salam Fayyad
(b. 1952)		 June 2007 July 2007 Third Way
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"| 6 Riyad al-Maliki
(b. 1955)		 July 2007 Incumbent Independent
style="background:Template:Hamas/meta/color; color:white"| 7 File:Palestinian National Authority COA.svg Muhammad Awad
(b. 1960)[3]		 May 2011 September 2012 Hamas
style="background:Template:Hamas/meta/color; color:white"| — 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
Stub icon

This article about the region of Palestine is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Expatriates_(State_of_Palestine)&oldid=690082713"