Israel’s Foreign Ministers


From: Until: Minister:
May 15, 1948 Jun 18, 1956 Moshe Sharett
Jun 18, 1956 Jan 12, 1966 Golda Meir
Jan 13, 1966 Jun 02, 1974 Abba Eban
Jun 03, 1974 Jun 19, 1977 Yigal Allon
Jun 20, 1977 Oct 23, 1979 Moshe Dayan*
Mar 10, 1980 Oct 20, 1986 Yitzhak Shamir
Oct 20, 1986 Dec 23, 1988 Shimon Peres
Dec 23, 1988 Jun 12, 1990 Moshe Arens
Jun 13, 1990 Jul 13, 1992 David Levy
Jul 14, 1992 Nov 22, 1995 Shimon Peres
Nov 22, 1995 Jun 18, 1996 Ehud Barak
Jun 18, 1996 Jan 6, 1998 David Levy**
Oct 13, 1998 July 6, 1999 Ariel Sharon
July 6, 1999 Aug 4, 2000 David Levy
Aug 10, 2000 March 7, 2001 Shlomo Ben Ami
March 7, 2001 November 5, 2002 Shimon Peres
November 6, 2002 Feb 28, 2003 Benjamin Netanyahu
Feb 28, 2003 Jan 16, 2006 Silvan Shalom
Jan 18, 2006   Tzipi Livni

*From the resignation of Moshe Dayan as Foreign Minister until the appointment of Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister Menachem Begin held the foreign affairs portfolio.

**Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held the foreign affairs portfolio from the resignation of David Levy on Jan 6, 1998, until the appointment of Ariel Sharon on Oct 13 1998.

Source: Israeli Foreign Ministry