Palestinian government of March 2006

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This is the list of members of the Palestine cabinet that was formed by Ismail Haniya on 29 March 2006. This new government is formed of Hamas members and of independents associated with it. [1]

Minister	Portfolio	Political affiliation [1]
Ismail Haniyeh	Prime Minister/Minister of Sports and Youth	Hamas
Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar	Foreign Affairs	Hamas
Dr. Omar Abdul-Razeq	Finance	Hamas
Said Seyam	Interior and Civil Affairs	Hamas
Dr. Basem Naim	Health	Hamas
Engineer Alaeddin al-A'raj	Economy	Hamas
Fakhri Turkman	Social Affairs	Independent
Wasfi Mustafa Qabha	Prisoners Affairs
Dr. Naser Eddin al Shaer	Deputy Prime Minister/Education and Higher Education	Hamas
Dr. Yousef Rizqa	Information	Hamas
Dr. Mariam Saleh	Woman Affairs	Hamas
Dr. Ahmad Khaldi	Justice	Independent
Engineer Jamal al Khudari	Telecommunications and Information Technology	Independent
Abdul Rahman Zeidan	Public Works	Hamas
Engineer Joudeh George Murqos	Tourism	Independent [2]
Dr. Attallah Abul Sabeh	Culture	Hamas
Engineer Ziad Al-Thatah	Transportation	Hamas
Nayef Rajoub	Religious Affairs	Hamas
Samir Abu Eisheh	Planning	Hamas
Dr. Mohammed al Agha	Agriculture	Hamas
Engineer Khaled Abu Arafeh	Minister without Portfolio	Hamas
Issa Ja'bari	Local Governance Ministry	Hamas
Atef Udwan	Refugees	Hamas
Mohammed Barghouthi	Labor	Hamas
Mohammed Awad	Chief of Cabinet	Hamas
Notes: [1] Some ministers were abducted by Israel, making their duties being transferred to other ministers. [2] Engineer Joudeh George Murqos is the only Christian ministers in the government.