Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel

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The Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר החוץ‎, Sar HaHutz) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The position is one of the most important in the Israeli cabinet after Prime Minister and Defense Minister. The current minister is Avigdor Lieberman of Yisrael Beiteinu.

There is also occasionally a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

[edit] List of Foreign Affairs ministers

#	Name	Party	Dates in office
1	Moshe Sharett	Mapai	15 May 1948 – 18 Jun 1956
2	Golda Meir	Mapai, Labour Alignment	18 Jun 1956 – 12 Jan 1966
3	Abba Eban	Alignment	13 Jan 1966 – 2 Jun 1974
4	Yigal Allon	Alignment	3 Jun 1974 – 19 Jun 1977
5	Moshe Dayan^{[a 1]}	Single MK (no party)	20 Jun 1977 – 23 Oct 1979
6	Yitzhak Shamir	Likud	10 Mar 1980 – 20 Oct 1986
7	Shimon Peres	Alignment	20 Oct 1986 – 23 Dec 1988
8	Moshe Arens	Likud	23 Dec 1988 – 12 Jun 1990
9	David Levy	Likud	13 Jun 1990 – 13 Jul 1992
10	Shimon Peres	Labor Party	14 Jul 1992 – 22 Nov 1995
11	Ehud Barak^{[a 2]}	Labor Party	22 Nov 1995 – 18 Jun 1996
12	David Levy^{[a 3]}	Gesher	18 Jun 1996 – 6 Jan 1998
13	Ariel Sharon	Likud	13 Oct 1998 – 6 Jun 1999
14	David Levy^{[a 4]}	One Israel	6 Jun 1999 – 4 Aug 2000
15	Shlomo Ben-Ami	One Israel	10 Aug 2000 – 7 Mar 2001
16	Shimon Peres^{[a 5]}	Labor Party	7 Mar 2001 – 2 Nov 2002
17	Binyamin Netanyahu	Likud	6 Nov 2002 – 28 Feb 2003
18	Silvan Shalom	Likud	28 Feb 2003 – 16 Jan 2006
19	Tzipi Livni	Kadima	18 Jan 2006 – 1 Apr 2009
20	Avigdor Lieberman	Yisrael Beiteinu	1 Apr 2009 – present

^ Following Moshe Dayan's resignation, Prime Minister Menachem Begin acted as Foreign Minister for six months until the appointment of Yitzhak Shamir.
^ Barak was not a Member of the Knesset during his tenure as Foreign Minister.
^ Following David Levy's resignation, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu acted as Foreign Minister for ten months until the appointment of Ariel Sharon.
^ Following David Levy's resignation, Prime Minister Ehud Barak acted as Foreign Minister for a week until the appointment of Shlomo Ben-Ami as Acting Foreign Minister. Ben Ami's position was made permanent in November 2000.
^ Following Shimon Peres' resignation, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon acted as Foreign Minister for four days until the appointment of Binyamin Netanyahu.

#	Name	Party	Dates in office
1	Yehuda Ben-Meir	National Religious Party, Gesher ZRC	11 Aug 1981 – 13 Sep 1984
2	Roni Milo	Likud	24 Sep 1984 – 20 Oct 1986
3	Binyamin Netanyahu	Likud	26 Dec 1988 – 11 Nov 1991
4	Yossi Beilin	Labor Party	4 Aug 1992 – 17 Jul 1995
5	Eli Dayan	Labor Party	24 Jul 1995 – 18 Jun 1996
6	Nawaf Massalha	One Israel	5 Aug 1999 – 7 Mar 2001
7	Michael Melchior	Meimad	7 Mar 2001 – 2 Nov 2002
8	Danny Ayalon	Yisrael Beiteinu	31 Mar 2009 – present