Ministers of Defense


David Ben-Gurion

1948-1954

Pinhas Lavon

1954-1955

David Ben-Gurion

1955-1963

Levi Eshkol

1963-1967

Moshe Dayan

1967-1974

Shimon Peres

1974-1977

Ezer Weizman

1977-1980

Menachem Begin

1980-1981

Ariel Sharon

1981-1983

Moshe Arens

1983-1984

Yitzhak Rabin

1984-1990

Moshe Arens

1990-1992

Yitzhak Rabin

1992-1995

Shimon Peres

1995-1996

Yitzhak Mordechai

1996-1999

Moshe Arens

1999

Ehud Barak 1999-

Source: Zarate's Political Collections