Strategic Affairs Minister of Israel

Ministry of Strategic Affairs
המשרד לנושאים אסטרטגיים
Agency overview
Formed 2006
Jurisdiction Government of Israel
Minister responsible

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
1Avigdor LiebermanYisrael Beiteinu3130 October 200618 January 2008
2Ehud OlmertKadima3118 January 200813 April 2008Serving Prime Minister
3Moshe Ya'alonLikud3231 March 200918 March 2013
4Yuval SteinitzLikud3318 March 201314 May 2015
5Ze'ev ElkinLikud3414 May 2015 25 May 2015
5Gilad ErdanLikud3425 May 2015

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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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