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{{Short description|Ministries of the State of Palestine}}
The '''Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine''' is the head of the [[Palestinian government|government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]] in charge of [[Palestine]]'s [[Foreign relations of the State of Palestine|foreign relations]]. It was established in 2003 as a ministry within the [[Palestinian National Authority]].
==List of ministers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Portrait
! width=180|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan=2|Term of office
! Party
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fatah}}; color:black"| 1
| [[File:Nabil Shaath 0c182 8694.jpg|80px]]
| [[Nabil Shaath]]<br />{{small|(born 1938)}} || April 2003 || February 2005 || [[Fatah]]<br />{{small|(''[[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]]'')}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fatah}}; color:black"| 2
| [[File: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|80px]]
| [[Nasser al-Qudwa]]<br />{{small|(born 1953)}} || February 2005 || March 2006 || [[Fatah]]<br />{{small|(''[[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]]'')}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Hamas}}; color:white"| 3
| [[File:Mahmoud al-Zahar at the 5th International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada, Tehran (2).jpg|80px]]
| [[Mahmoud al-Zahar]]<br />{{small|(born 1945)}} || 20 March 2006 || 18 March 2007 || [[Hamas]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black"| 4
| [[File:Ziad Abu Amr (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| [[Ziad Abu Amr]]<br />{{small|(born 1950)}} || 18 March 2007 || 17 June 2007 || [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Third Way (Palestinian political party)}}; color:white"| 5
| [[File:Salam Fayyad (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| [[Salam Fayyad]]<br />{{small|(born 1952)}} || June 2007 || July 2007 || [[Third Way (Palestinian political party)|Third Way]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black"| 6
| [[File:Riyad al-Maliki (2013).jpg|80px]]
| [[Riyad al-Maliki]]<br />{{small|(born 1955)}} || July 2007 || Incumbent || [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|}
== Warfare involvement ==
In June 2006, [[Israel]] attacked the Hamas' foreign ministry in Gaza, in response to the [[2006 Gaza cross-border raid|kidnapping]] of [[Gilad Shalit]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/16/gaza/index.html|title= Israel strikes Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry in Gaza|access-date=2007-11-10|year=2006|publisher=CNN |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071114023125/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/16/gaza/index.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-11-14}}</ref> The third and fourth floors of the building were destroyed, and the incident ended without fatalities.<ref name="FOX">{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/israeli-airstrike-collapses-palestinian-foreign-ministry-building-in-gaza-city|title=Israeli Airstrike Collapses Palestinian Foreign Ministry Building in Gaza City|access-date=2007-11-10|year=2006|publisher=Fox News}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[International recognition of the State of Palestine]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mofa.pna.ps/en-us/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates State of Palestine]
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