Moshe Arens

Moshe Arens
משה ארנס
Arens in April 1999
Ministerial roles
1983–1984Minister of Defense
1984–1988Minister without Portfolio
1988–1990Minister of Foreign Affairs
1990–1992Minister of Defense
1999[1]Minister of Defense
Faction represented in the Knesset
1973–1992Likud
1999–2003Likud
Diplomatic roles
1982–1983Ambassador to the United States
Personal details
Born(1925-12-27)27 December 1925
Kaunas, Lithuania
Died7 January 2019(2019-01-07) (aged 93)
Savyon, Israel
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Moshe Arens (Hebrew: משה ארנס; 27 December 1925 – 7 January 2019) was an Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher, diplomat, and Likud politician. A member of the Knesset between 1973 and 1992 and again from 1999 until 2003, he served as Minister of Defense three times and once as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Arens also served as the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and was a professor at the Technion in Haifa.

  1. ^ "Ministers by Ministry". Knesset. Retrieved 7 January 2019.