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Israeli Politics: Ministers of Defense

(1948 - Present)

Minister
Service
Yoav Gallant  2023 - 
Benny Gantz 2020 - 2023
Naftali Bennett 2019 - 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu 2018 - 2019
Avigdor Liberman 2016 - 2018
Moshe Ya'alon
2013 - 2016
Ehud Barak
2007 - 2013
Amir Peretz
2006 - 2007
Shaul Mofaz
2002 - 2006
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
2001 - 2002
Ehud Barak
1999 - 2001
Moshe Arens
1999 - 1999
Yitzhak Mordechai
1996 - 1999
Shimon Peres
1995 - 1996
Yitzhak Rabin
1992 - 1995
Moshe Arens
1990 - 1992
Yitzhak Rabin
1984 - 1990
Moshe Arens
1983 - 1984
Ariel Sharon
1981 - 1983
Menachem Begin
1980 - 1981
Ezer Weizman
1977 - 1980
Shimon Peres
1974 - 1977
Moshe Dayan
1967 - 1974
Levi Eshkol
1963 - 1967
David Ben-Gurion
1955 - 1963
1954 - 1955
David Ben-Gurion
1948 - 1954

Source: Israel Ministry of Defense;
Ministers by Ministry - Knesset