Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

The Interior Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority is the branch of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) cabinet in charge of the security and statistics of the Palestinian people. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) is a sub-branch of the Interior Ministry that has the responsibility for the population and economic statistics of the Palestinian territories. The Preventive Security Service (PSS) is the primary security branch of the Interior Ministry. The PSS has a force of 30,000.

In 2006, the Israeli Defense Forces struck the office building of the Interior Ministry multiple times as a part of a bombing campaign in Gaza. The attacks were in response the the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/04/israel.soldier/index.html Israel hits Palestinian Interior Ministry] CNN July 5, 2006]

Interior Ministers

See also

*Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority
*Finance Minister of Palestinian Authority

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