Gideon Sa'ar
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| Born | 9 December 1966 |
Gideon Moshe Sa'ar is an Israeli politician who was appointed Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs in November 2024.
Political career
2003 to 2014
Sa'ar was first elected to the Knesset as a member of Likud in 2003, and stayed until 2014. During that period, he was Education Minister (2009–2013) and Minister of the Interior (2013–2014) in Benjamin Netanyahu's governments.
From 2019
After a political hiatus, Sa'ar returned to the Knesset in 2019, and unsuccessfully challenged Netanyahu for the leadership of Likud. He subsequently formed his own party, New Hope, and became Minister of Justice (2021–2022) and Deputy Prime Minister (2021) in the Bennett-Lapid government. In 2022, Sa'ar formed an electoral pact with Benny Gantz's Blue and White faction named National Unity. As a member of the National Unity alliance, he returned to the opposition following the 2022 election.
Following the breakout of the Gaza war, National Unity joined the governing coalition and Sa'ar was named minister without portfolio and an observer in the war cabinet. In March 2024, Sa'ar withdrew New Hope from National Unity and from the coalition, and resigned as minister, before returning to the government in September 2024.
On 7 November 2024 Sa'ar replaced Israel Katz as Foreign Minister.[2]
References
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