Ministry of Strategic Affairs

The Strategic Affairs Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר לנושאים אסטרטגיים, Sar LeNosha'im Astrategayim) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs and a member of the cabinet. The portfolio and ministry was created in 2006 for Avigdor Lieberman, whose Yisrael Beiteinu party had just joined the governing coalition. Lieberman had demanded the Internal Security post, but at the time was under police investigation, and the post was already held by Avi Dichter. As a result, a new post and ministry were created, with the role of co-ordinating security, intelligence and diplomatic initiatives regarding Iran and other strategic threats, reporting to Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert.^[1] Lieberman left the government on 18 January 2008, and the ministry was closed down three months later.^[1]

Following the formation of a new government in March 2009, the post and the ministry were resurrected;^[2] the current minister is Moshe Ya'alon of Likud, a former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces.

List of Minsters

Minister	Party	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Avigdor Lieberman	Yisrael Beiteinu	31	30/10/2006 - 18/1/2008
Ehud Olmert	Kadima	31	18/1/2008 - 13/4/2008
Moshe Ya'alon	Likud	32	31/3/2009 - present

References

^ ^a ^b Gov't shuts down Strategic Affairs Ministry The Jerusalem Post, 13 April 2008
^ Security and Defense: Who's in charge of whom and over what? The Jerusalem Post, 2 April 2009

[JP-1] Gov't shuts down Strategic Affairs Ministry The Jerusalem Post, 13 April 2008

[2] Security and Defense: Who's in charge of whom and over what? The Jerusalem Post, 2 April 2009

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List of Minsters

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