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. There is also occasionally a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
List of Foreign Affairs ministers
| # | Name | Party | Dates in office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moshe Sharett | Mapai | 15/5/1948 - 18/6/1956 |
| 2 | Golda Meir | Mapai, Labour Alignment | 18/6/1956 - 12/1/1966 |
| 3 | Abba Eban | Alignment | 13/1/1966 - 2/6/1974 |
| 4 | Yigal Allon | Alignment | 3/6/1974 - 19/6/1977 |
| 5 | Moshe Dayan 1 | no party | 20/6/1977 - 23/10/1979 |
| 6 | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud | 10/3/1980 - 20/10/1986 |
| 7 | Shimon Peres | Alignment | 20/10/1986 - 23/12/1988 |
| 8 | Moshe Arens | Likud | 23/12/1988 - 12/6/1990 |
| 9 | David Levy | Likud | 13/6/1990 - 13/7/1992 |
| 10 | Shimon Peres | Labour | 14/7/1992 - 22/11/1995 |
| 11 | Ehud Barak ² | Labour | 22/11/1995 - 18/6/1996 |
| 12 | David Levy ³ | Gesher | 18/6/1996 - 6/1/1998 |
| 13 | Ariel Sharon | Likud | 13/10/1998 - 6/6/1999 |
| 14 | David Levy 4 | One Israel | 6/6/1999 - 4/8/2000 |
| 15 | Shlomo Ben-Ami | Labour | 10/8/2000 - 7/3/2001 |
| 16 | Shimon Peres 5 | Labour | 7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002 |
| 17 | Binyamin Netanyahu | Likud | 6/11/2002 - 28/2/2003 |
| 18 | Silvan Shalom | Likud | 28/2/2003 - 16/1/2006 |
| 19 | Tzipi Livni | Kadima | 18/1/2006 - present |
1 Following Moshe Dayan's resignation, Prime Minister Menachem Begin acted as Foreign Minister for six months until the appointment of Yitzhak Shamir.
² Barak was not a Member of the Knesset during his tenure as Foreign Minister.
³ Following David Levy's resignation, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu acted as Foreign Minister for ten months until the appointment of Ariel Sharon.
4 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.
5 Following Shimon Peres' resignation, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon acted as Foreign Minister for four days until the appointment of Binyamin Netanyahu.
List of Deputy Ministers
| # | Name | Party | Dates in office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yehuda Ben-Meir | National Religious Party, Gesher ZRC | 11/8/1981 - 13/9/1984 |
| 2 | Roni Milo | Likud | 24/9/1984 - 20/10/1986 |
| 3 | Binyamin Netanyahu | Likud | 26/12/1988 - 11/11/1991 |
| 4 | Yossi Beilin | Labour | 4/8/1992 - 17/7/1995 |
| 5 | Eli Dayan | Labour | 24/7/1995 - 18/6/1996 |
| 6 | Nawaf Massalha | One Israel, Labour | 5/8/1999 - 7/3/2001 |
| 7 | Michael Melchior | Meimad | 7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002 |
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