Riyad al-Maliki (Arabic: رياض المالكي; born 31 May 1955) is a Palestinian politician and former Minister of Information, government spokesperson, and Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority in its 12th government.

[5][1] He also founded and headed Panorama, the Palestinian Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community Development, an active non-governmental organization.

He is the coordinator of the Arab Program to Support and Develop Democracy, which is an alliance of more than 12 civil society institutions.

[4][6] In 2007, al-Maliki was one of three government ministers who investigated the circumstances of Palestinians who were stranded on the Egyptian side of the border along the Gaza Strip, because the only border crossing available to them was Israeli-controlled and they feared interrogation or arrest.

[7] His VIP travel card was confiscated by Israeli border security in 2021 as per the instructions of Benjamin Netanyahu.