Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)

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IsraelIsrael Hebrew משרד החוץ
English Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

- MFA -
Consist since 1948
Headquarters Jerusalem
Coordinates 31 ° 47 '0 "  N , 35 ° 12' 5.5"  E Coordinates: 31 ° 47 '0 "  N , 35 ° 12' 5.5"  E
Foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi
Website mfa.gov.il
Image of the headquarters in Givat Ram (Jerusalem)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Hebrew משרד החוץ, Misrad HaChutz ) is responsible for Israel's foreign policy . It is also intended to build economic, cultural and scientific relationships with other countries.

Israel maintains its own embassies in 77 states, consulates general in 19 states and special missions in five other states . In association with the United Nations , Israel has four diplomatic missions and one to the European Union .

On March 29, 2017, diplomatic relations with Nicaragua were resumed, which were broken off in 2010.

history

The first state to recognize Israel was the United States , eleven minutes after it was founded.

The first ambassador was Golda Meir , who was accredited to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from June 1948 to January 1949 .

The ministry has existed since the constitution of the Provisional Government on April 12, 1948. The first foreign minister was Moshe Sharet , who has assumed this function in eight successive governments. Golda Meir was the minister with the longest term (June 18, 1956 to January 12, 1966).

The Ministry is located in the government complex in Givat Ram ( Jerusalem ), "Kiryat Ben Gurion" also called "Kiryat HaMemshala", at 9 Yitzhak Rabin Boulevard in Jerusalem.

List of Foreign Ministers

# Surname Taking office Resignation Political party government
01 Moshe Sharet May 15, 1948 June 18, 1956 Mapai Prov. , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7
02 Golda Meir June 18, 1956 January 12, 1966 Mapai 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
03 Abba Eban January 13, 1966 June 2nd 1974 Avoda 13 , 14 , 15 , 16
04th Jigal Allon 3rd June 1974 June 19, 1977 Avoda 17th
05 Moshe Dayan June 20, 1977 October 23, 1979 No 18th
06th Menachem Begin (executive) October 23, 1979 March 10, 1980 Likud 18th
07th Yitzchak Shamir March 10, 1980 October 20, 1986 Likud 18 , 19 , 20 , 21
08th Shimon Peres October 20, 1986 December 23, 1988 Avoda 22nd
09 Moshe Arens December 23, 1988 June 12, 1990 Likud 23
10 David Levy June 13, 1990 July 13, 1992 Likud 24
08th Shimon Peres July 14, 1992 November 22, 1995 Avoda 25th
11 Ehud Barak November 22, 1995 June 18, 1996 Avoda 26th
10 David Levy June 18, 1996 January 6, 1998 Gescher 27
12 Benjamin Netanyahu (executive) January 6, 1998 October 13, 1998 Likud 27
13 Ariel Sharon October 13, 1998 June 6, 1999 Likud 27
10 David Levy June 6, 1999 August 4, 2000 Gescher 28
11 Ehud Barak (executive) August 4, 2000 August 10, 2000 Avoda 28
14th Shlomo Ben Ami August 10, 2000 March 7, 2001 Avoda 28
08th Shimon Peres March 7, 2001 November 2, 2002 Avoda 29
13 Ariel Sharon (executive) November 2, 2002 November 6, 2002 Likud 29
12 Benjamin Netanyahu November 6, 2002 February 28, 2003 Likud 29
15th Silvan Shalom February 28, 2003 January 16, 2006 Likud 30th
16 Tzipi Livni (executive) January 16, 2006 April 1, 2009 Kadima 30 , 31
17th Avigdor Lieberman April 1, 2009 December 18, 2012 Jisra'el Beitenu 32
12 Benjamin Netanyahu (executive) December 18, 2012 11th. November.2013 Likud 32 , 33
17th Avigdor Lieberman 11th. November.2013 May 14, 2015 Jisra'el Beitenu 33
12 Benjamin Netanyahu May 14, 2015 17th February 2019 Likud 34
18th Israel Katz 17th February 2019 17th May 2020 Likud 34
19th Gabi Ashkenazi 17th May 2020 officiating Kachol Lavan 35

Deputy Minister

The position of Deputy Foreign Minister was introduced in the first cabinet of Yitzchak Shamir . With exceptions in Governments 22 , 27 , 30 and 31 , there have been eleven Deputy Foreign Ministers to date.

# Surname Political party government Taking office Resignation
01 Yehuda Ben-Meir NRP, Gescher 19, 20 August 11, 1981 September 13, 1984
02 Roni Milo Likud 21st September 24, 1984 October 20, 1986
03 Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 23, 24 December 26, 1988 November 11, 1991
04th Jossi Beilin Avoda 25th 4th August 1992 July 17, 1995
05 Eli Dayan Avoda 26th July 24, 1995 June 18, 1996
06th Nawaf Massalcha Yisrael agate 28 August 5, 1999 March 7, 2001
07th Michael Melchior Meimad 29 March 7, 2001 November 2, 2002
08th Danny Ayalon Jisra'el Beitenu 32 March 31, 2009 March 18, 2013
09 Ze'ev Elkin Likud 33 March 18, 2013 May 12, 2014
10 Zachi Ha-Negbi Likud 33 2nd June 2014 May 6, 2015
11 Tzipi Hotovely Likud 34 19th May 2015 January 21, 2020

Web links

Commons : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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