Moshe Arens

Moshe Arens

(1925- )


Born in 1925 in Lithuania, Moshe Arens immigrated to Israel from the United States, 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: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs