Israel’s Defence Minister since June 2007. He is Chairman of the Haazma’ut faction 2011 and former Chairman of the Labour party. He previously served as Israel’s 10th Prime Minister and Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2001. He also served as Minister of the Interior and then as Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Rabin and Prime Minister Peres in the years 1995-1996. He received a B.Sc. degree in mathematics and physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1968, and an M.Sc. in economic engineering systems at Stanford University in 1978.
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