FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER OF ISRAEL

The 'Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel' (, ''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.

Contents

List of Foreign Affairs ministers

List of Deputy Ministers

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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

External link

★ Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website (in English)