Moshe Arens | |
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משה ארנס | |
Ministerial roles | |
1983–1984 | Minister of Defense |
1984–1988 | Minister without Portfolio |
1988–1990 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
1990–1992 | Minister of Defense |
1999[1] | Minister of Defense |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1973–1992 | Likud |
1999–2003 | Likud |
Diplomatic roles | |
1982–1983 | Ambassador to the United States |
Personal details | |
Born | Kaunas, Lithuania | 27 December 1925
Died | 7 January 2019 Savyon, Israel | (aged 93)
Signature | |
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.