Mahmoud al-Zahar

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Mahmoud al-Zahar
محمود الزهار
al-Zahar in 2011
Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority
In office 20 March 2006 – 18 March 2007
Prime Minister	Ismail Haniyeh
Preceded by	Nasser al-Kidwa
Succeeded by	Ziad Abu Amr
Personal details
Born	(1945-05-06) 6 May 1945 (age 79) Gaza City, British Mandate for Palestine
Political party	Hamas
Education	Cairo University Ain Shams University
Profession	Physician

Mahmoud al-Zahar (Arabic: محمود الزهار Maḥmūd az-Zahhār; born 6 May 1945) is a Palestinian politician. He is a co-founder of Hamas and a member of the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip. Al-Zahar served as foreign minister in the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority Government of March 2006 (also known as the First Haniyeh Government) that was sworn in on 20 March 2006.