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Defense Minister of Israel

The Defense Minister of Israel (Sar HaBitahon lit. Minister of Security) is head of the Ministry of Defense

Ministry of Defense (Israel)

The Ministry of Defense of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats....
in Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. The post is considered to be the second most important position in the Israeli cabinet

Cabinet of Israel

The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister of Israel. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Knesset....
, and usually has a Deputy Minister. The Defense Minister is also a permanent member of the Security Cabinet. The current Defense Minister is Ehud Barak

Ehud Barak

Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minister of Israel, and current Defense Minister of Israel, Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister and leader of Israel's Labor Party ....
, leader of the Labor Party.

Due to the great importance of the defense portfolio, prime ministers

Prime Minister of Israel

The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel . He or she wields executive power in the country, and has an official residence in Jerusalem....
have often held the position in addition to their prime ministerial duties; seven of the sixteen Defense Ministers to date were also serving Prime Ministers.

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The Defense Minister of Israel (Sar HaBitahon lit. Minister of Security) is head of the Ministry of Defense

Ministry of Defense (Israel)

The Ministry of Defense of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats....
in Israel

Israel

Cabinet of Israel

Ehud Barak

Prime Minister of Israel

Moshe Dayan

Moshe Dayan, was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces , he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new Israel....
, Yitzhak Rabin

Yitzhak Rabin

was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....
, Ehud Barak

Ehud Barak

Shaul Mofaz

is the current Israeli Transportation Minister of Israel and a Deputy Prime Minister, and a former Defense Minister of Israel. Previously he was the 16th Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces, and was the second Israeli of a Mizrahi background to achieve that post....
) are also former Chief of Staffs

Ramatkal

The Chief of General Staff is the supreme commander and Chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces. The Chief of Staff is the only active Israeli officer with the rank of Rav Aluf at any given time....
of the IDF

Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
.

Amongst the duties of the post, Defense Ministers can request administrative detention

Administrative detention

Administrative detention is arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial, usually for National security reasons. A large number of countries , both Democracy and undemocratic, resort to administrative detention as a means to combat terrorism, control illegal immigration, or to protect the ruling regime....
. Because of the intensive work and the tension between the political echelon to the military echelon, frequently disagreements and difference of opinion are created between the Defense Minister and the chief of general staff

Ramatkal

List of Defense Ministers

Name	Party	Term
David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....	Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....	1948-1954
Pinhas Lavon Pinhas Lavon Pinhas Lavon was an Israeli politician, minister and labor leader, best known for the Lavon Affair....	Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....	1954-1955
David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....	Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....	1955-1963
Levi Eshkol Levi Eshkol served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a myocardial infarction in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office....	Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968.... /Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....	1963-1967
Moshe Dayan Moshe Dayan Moshe Dayan, was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces , he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new Israel....	Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....	1967-1974
Shimon Peres Shimon Peres Order of St Michael and St George is the ninth and current President of Israel. Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 Cabinet of Israel in a political career spanning over 66 years....	Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....	1974-1977
Ezer Weizman Ezer Weizman was the seventh President of Israel, serving a seven-year term from 1993 to 2000. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air Force and Defense Minister of Israel....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	1977-1980
Menachem Begin Menachem Begin was the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Before the establishment of the state, he was the leader of the Irgun, playing a central role in Jewish resistance to the British Mandate of Palestine....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	1980-1981
Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon is a former Israeli Prime Minister of Israel and military leader. Sharon served as Prime Minister from March 2001 until April 2006, though he was unable to carry out his duties after suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006, when he fell into a coma and entered a persistent vegetative state....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	1981-1983
Moshe Arens Moshe Arens Professor Moshe Arens is a former Israeli politician. He was a member of the Likud party, and served as Defense Minister of Israel three times....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	1983-1984
Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....	Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....	1984-1990
Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir was Prime Minister of Israel of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	1990
Moshe Arens Moshe Arens Professor Moshe Arens is a former Israeli politician. He was a member of the Likud party, and served as Defense Minister of Israel three times....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	1990-1992
Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....	Labor Party	1992-1995
Shimon Peres Shimon Peres Order of St Michael and St George is the ninth and current President of Israel. Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 Cabinet of Israel in a political career spanning over 66 years....	Labor Party	1995-1996
Yitzhak Mordechai Yitzhak Mordechai Yitzhak Mordechai was an Israeli general, and later Defense Minister of Israel and Transportation Minister of Israel. He retired from political life in 2000 after being indicted for sexual misconduct during his military service....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	1996-1999
Moshe Arens Moshe Arens Professor Moshe Arens is a former Israeli politician. He was a member of the Likud party, and served as Defense Minister of Israel three times....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	1999
Ehud Barak Ehud Barak Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minister of Israel, and current Defense Minister of Israel, Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister and leader of Israel's Labor Party ....	One Israel One Israel One Israel was an alliance of the Labor Party , Meimad and Gesher created to run for the Israeli legislative election, 1999.... /One Israel One Israel One Israel was an alliance of the Labor Party , Meimad and Gesher created to run for the Israeli legislative election, 1999....	1999-2001
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Brigadier-General Binyamin "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer is an Israeli politician and former soldier. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Israeli Labor Party, and as the country's National Infrastructure Minister of Israel....	Labor Party	2001-2002
Shaul Mofaz Shaul Mofaz is the current Israeli Transportation Minister of Israel and a Deputy Prime Minister, and a former Defense Minister of Israel. Previously he was the 16th Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces, and was the second Israeli of a Mizrahi background to achieve that post....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	2002-2006
Amir Peretz Amir Peretz Amir Peretz is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the Israeli Labor Party. He is a former Defense Minister of Israel and former leader of the Labour Party, having left those positions in June 2007....	Labor Party	2006-2007
Ehud Barak Ehud Barak Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minister of Israel, and current Defense Minister of Israel, Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister and leader of Israel's Labor Party ....	Labor Party	2007-