Israel Ministers of Foreign Affairs
(1948 - Present)
|
Minister
|
Party
|
Term
|
| Moshe Sharett |
1948 - 1956
|
|
| Golda Meir |
1956 - 1966
|
|
| Abba Eban |
Alignment
|
1966 - 1974
|
| Yigal Allon |
Alignment
|
1974 - 1977
|
| Moshe Dayan* |
Independent
|
1977 - 1979
|
| Yitzhak Shamir |
1980 - 1986
|
|
| Shimon Peres |
Alignment
|
1986 - 1988
|
| Moshe Arens |
1988 - 1990
|
|
| David Levy |
1990 - 1992
|
|
| Shimon Peres |
1992 - 1995
|
|
| Ehud Barak |
1995 - 1996
|
|
| David Levy** |
1996 - 1998
|
|
| Ariel Sharon |
1998 - 1999
|
|
| David Levy |
1999 - 2000
|
|
| Shlomo Ben Ami |
2000 - 2001
|
|
| Shimon Peres |
2001 - 2002
|
|
| Benjamin Netanyahu |
2002 - 2003
|
|
| Silvan Shalom |
2003 - 2006
|
|
| Tzipi Livni |
2006 - 2009
|
|
| Avigdor Lieberman |
2009 - 2012
|
|
| Benjamin Netanyahu |
2012 - 2013
|
|
| Avigdor Lieberman |
2013 - 2015
|
|
| Benjamin Netanyahu | 2015 - 2019 | |
| Yisrael Katz*** | Likud | 2019 - 2020 |
| Gabi Ashkenazi | Blue and White | 2020 - 2021 |
| Yair Lapid | Yesh Atid | 2021 - |
* Prime Minister Menachem Begin held the position from the resignation of Dayan until the appointment of Yitzhak Shamir.
**Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held the position from the resignation of Levy until the appointment of Ariel Sharon.
*** Appointed interim Foreign Minister in February 2019 in advance of April 2019 election.
Sources: Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Ministers by Ministry - Knesset.
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