Yoav Gallant

Yoav Gallant
Yoav Gallant
	Gallant in 2023
Ministerial roles
2015–2019	Minister of Construction
2019–2020	Minister of Aliyah & Integration
2020–2021	Minister of Education
2022–2024	Minister of Defense
Faction represented in the Knesset
2015–2019	Kulanu
2019–	Likud
Personal details
Born	8 November 1958 (age 66); Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
Military service
Allegiance	Israel
Branch/service	Israeli Navy
Years of service	1977–1982, 1984–2012
Rank	Major general
Commands	Southern Command
Battles/wars	2006 Lebanon War; Gaza War (2008–2009);

Yoav Gallant (Hebrew: יוֹאָב גָּלַנְטְ‎; born 8 November 1958) is an Israeli politician and former military officer served as minister of defense between 2022 and 2024. Gallant was an officer in the Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the Israeli Navy. In January 2015 he entered politics, joining the new Kulanu party. After being elected to the Knesset he was appointed Minister of Construction. At the end of 2018 he joined Likud, shortly after which he became Minister of Aliyah and Integration. In 2020 he was appointed minister of education, and the following year became minister of defense. On 5 November 2024, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had fired Gallant, effective 7 November, and sought to have Israel Katz replace him.^[1]