Riyad al-Maliki

Riyad al-Maliki
رياض المالكي‎
al-Maliki in 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
In office
19 May 2009*  31 March 2024
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Preceded bySalam Fayyad
Succeeded byMohammad Mustafa
Minister of Information
In office
15 June 2007  19 May 2009
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Preceded byMustafa Barghouti
Succeeded byNabil Abu Rudeineh (2018)
Personal details
Born (1955-05-31) 31 May 1955
Bethlehem, West Bank
Political partyIndependent
Alma materPontifical Xavierian University
American University
*al-Maliki's term was disputed by Muhammad Awad from May 2011 to September 2012, and Ismail Haniyeh from September 2012 to 2 June 2014, both representing Hamas.

Riyad al-Maliki (Arabic: رياض المالكي; born 31 May 1955) is a Palestinian politician and former minister of information, government spokesperson, and minister of foreign affairs of the Palestinian National Authority in its 13th government. He also resumed office as foreign affairs minister from the 14th to the 18th government.