Moshe Arens

(1925 - )

Born in 1925 in Lithuania, Moshe Arens immigrated to Israel from the US, where he grew up, in 1948. He is married and the father of four. He studied mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and aeronautical engineering at the California Institute of Technology. A former associate professor of aeronautical engineering at the Technion and vice president for engineering at Israel Aircraft Industries, he has published articles in academic journals on propulsion and flight mechanics.

1971	Received Israel Defense Prize
1974	Elected to the Knesset as a member of the Likud party
1974-77	Member of the Knesset Finance Committee
1977-82	Chairman of the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security
1982-83	Ambassador to the United States
1983-84	Minister of Defense
1984-88	Minister without Portfolio
1988-90	Minister of Foreign Affairs
1990-92	Minister of Defense
1992	Retired from political life
1999	Appointed Minister of Defense (January)

Source: Israeli Foreign Ministry