Gideon Sa'ar

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
2024–	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Faction represented in the Knesset
2003–2014	Likud
2019–2020	Likud
2021–2022	New Hope
2022–2024	National Unity
2024–	New Hope
Other offices
1999–2002	Cabinet Secretary
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-09) 9 December 1966 (age 57) Tel Aviv, Israel
Spouse(s)	Shelly Danziger ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 2012)​ Geula Even ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	4[1]

Gideon Moshe Sa'ar (Hebrew: גדעון משה סער; born 9 December 1966)^[2] is an Israeli politician currently serving as a member of the Knesset for New Hope and, since November 5, 2024, Israel's foreign minister.

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. On November 5th 2024, it was announced that Sa'ar would replace Israel Katz as Foreign Minister.