Omar Abd al-Razaq
Omar Abdul Razaq | |
|---|---|
| عمر عبد الرزاق | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 29 March 2006 – 29 June 2006 | |
| President | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Haniyeh |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Qurei (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Yousef Rizqa (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1958 |
| Party | Hamas |
| Alma mater | Coe College University of Iowa |
| Occupation | Politician, professor |
Omar Abdul Razaq, or Umar Abed al-Razek (Arabic: عمر عبد الرزاق; born 7 March 1958), is a Palestinian politician and professor. He served as the Minister of Finance in the First Haniyeh Government.[1][2] He represents the Hamas organization, and was arrested by Israel on 29 June 2006 and freed in 2008.[3][4] He is a professor and researcher in the Department of Economics at An-Najah National University.
References
- ^ "Hamas Leaves Abbas in a Bind". Time. 20 March 2006. Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Abbas Raises No Objection to HAMAS Cabinet List". Turkish Weekly. 20 March 2006. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ Greg Myre; Ian Fisher (29 June 2006). "Israelis arrest Hamas politicians". The New York Times. Gaza. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ "Israel frees another Hamas representative". The Jerusalem Post. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2025.