Gideon Sa'ar | |
|---|---|
| גדעון סער | |
 Sa'ar in 2023 | |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 2009–2013 | Minister of Education |
| 2013–2014 | Minister of the Interior |
| 2021 | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 2021–2022 | Minister of Justice |
| 2023–2024 | Minister without portfolio |
| 2024– | Minister without portfolio |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2003–2014 | Likud |
| 2019–2020 | Likud |
| 2021–2022 | New Hope |
| 2022–2024 | National Unity |
| 2024– | New Hope |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1966 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Spouse(s) |
Shelly Danziger
(m. 1990; div. 2012) |
| Children | 4 |
Gideon Moshe Sa'ar (Hebrew: גדעון משה סער; born 9 December 1966)[1] is an Israeli politician currently serving as a member of the Knesset for New Hope and a minister without portfolio.
Sa'ar was first elected to the Knesset as a member of Likud in 2003, serving until 2014. During that period, he served as Education Minister (2009–2013) and Minister of the Interior (2013–2014). After a political hiatus, he returned to the Knesset in 2019, and unsuccessfully challenged Benjamin 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 Thirty-sixth government. In 2022, Sa'ar formed an electoral pact with Benny Gantz's Blue and White, named National Unity. As a member of the alliance, he returned to the opposition following the 2022 election.
Following the breakout of the Israel–Hamas war, National Unity joined the coalition, and Sa'ar was named minister without portfolio and an observer in the Israeli 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 latter two in September 2024.
- ^ "Knesset Member Gideon Sa'ar". Knesset. Retrieved 19 April 2024.