Ministry of Strategic Affairs

The Strategic Affairs Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר לנושאים אסטרטגיים, Sar LaNos'im Astrategi'im) 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. Lieberman left the government on 18 January 2008, and the ministry was closed down three months later.

Following the formation of a new government in March 2009, the post and the ministry were resurrected;

Following the 2013 elections, the ministry was combined with Ministry of Intelligence and brought under the umbrella of the newly established Ministry of International Relations. Yuval Steinitz is the current minister of all three portfolios.

List of Minsters

Parties

  Yisrael Beiteinu   Kadima   Likud

Status

  Acting Minister

No.	Name	Portrait	Party	Term of office		Govt. (P.M.)
style="background:Template:Yisrael Beiteinu/meta/color; color:white;" |1	Avigdor Lieberman		Yisrael Beiteinu	30 October 2006	18 January 2008	31 (Olmert)
style="background:Template:Kadima/meta/color; color:white;" |2	Ehud Olmert (as PM)		Kadima	18 January 2008	13 April 2008
Ministry discontinued 2008–2009.
style="background:Template:Likud/meta/color; color:white;" |3	Moshe Ya'alon		Likud	31 March 2009	18 March 2013	32 (Netanyahu)
style="background:Template:Likud/meta/color; color:white;" |3	Yuval Shteinitz		Likud	18 March 2013	Incumbent	33 (Netanyahu)

See also

• Minister in the Prime Minister's Office