Strategic Affairs Minister of Israel

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Strategic Affairs Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר לנושאים אסטרטגיים‎, Sar LaNos'im Astrategi'im) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs and a member of the cabinet. The portfolio and ministry was created in 2006 for Avigdor Lieberman, whose Yisrael Beiteinu party had just joined the governing coalition. Lieberman had demanded the Internal Security post, but at the time was under police investigation, and the post was already held by Avi Dichter. As a result, a new post and ministry were created, with the role of co-ordinating security, intelligence and diplomatic initiatives regarding Iran and other strategic threats, reporting to Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert.[1] Lieberman left the government on 18 January 2008, and the ministry was closed down three months later.[1]

Following the formation of a new government in March 2009, the post and the ministry were resurrected;[2]

List of ministers

# Minister Party Government Term start Term end Notes
1 Avigdor Lieberman Yisrael Beiteinu 31 30 October 2006 18 January 2008
2 Ehud Olmert Kadima 31 18 January 2008 13 April 2008 Serving Prime Minister
3 Moshe Ya'alon Likud 32 31 March 2009 18 March 2013
4 Yuval Steinitz Likud 33 18 March 2013 14 May 2015
5 Ze'ev Elkin Likud 34 14 May 2015 25 May 2015
5 Gilad Erdan Likud 34 25 May 2015

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gov't shuts down Strategic Affairs Ministry The Jerusalem Post, 13 April 2008
  2. ↑ Security and Defense: Who's in charge of whom and over what? The Jerusalem Post, 2 April 2009
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