Israeli Politics: Ministers of Defense
(1948 - Present)
| Minister | Service |
| Benny Gantz | 2020 - |
| Naftali Bennett | 2019 - 2020 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | 2018 - 2019 |
| Avigdor Liberman | 2016 - 2018 |
| Moshe Ya'alon | 2013 - 2016 |
| Ehud Barak | 2007 - 2013 |
| Amir Peretz | 2006 - 2007 |
| Shaul Mofaz | 2002 - 2006 |
| Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | 2001 - 2002 |
| Ehud Barak | 1999 - 2001 |
| Moshe Arens | 1999 - 1999 |
| Yitzhak Mordechai | 1996 - 1999 |
| Shimon Peres | 1995 - 1996 |
| Yitzhak Rabin | 1992 - 1995 |
| Moshe Arens | 1990 - 1992 |
| Yitzhak Rabin | 1984 - 1990 |
| Moshe Arens | 1983 - 1984 |
| Ariel Sharon | 1981 - 1983 |
| Menachem Begin | 1980 - 1981 |
| Ezer Weizman | 1977 - 1980 |
| Shimon Peres | 1974 - 1977 |
| Moshe Dayan | 1967 - 1974 |
| Levi Eshkol | 1963 - 1967 |
| David Ben-Gurion | 1955 - 1963 |
| 1954 - 1955 | |
| David Ben-Gurion | 1948 - 1954 |
Source: Israel Ministry of Defense;
Ministers by Ministry - Knesset
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