Ehud Barak Prime minister

Ehud Barak (Hebrew:About this sound אהוד ברק , born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011. He previously held the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's second government from 2009 to 2013.He is a graduate in physics, mathematics, and economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Stanford University. He served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces. Following a highly decorated career, he was appointed Chief of General Staff in 1991, serving until 1995. On 26 November 2012 he announced that he would retire from politics after the next election in January 2013.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Brog Ehud
Birth date	February 12, 1942
Birth name	Ehud Brog
Birth place	Mandatory Palestine , Mishmar HaSharon
Religion	Judaism
Education	Stanford University Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Profession	Officer (armed forces)

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awards	Legion of Merit Israeli military decorations Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service Medal of Distinguished Service
military operations	Yom Kippur War Operation Entebbe
deputy	Matan Vilnai Efraim Sneh Yitzhak Mordechai Eli Dayan Binyamin Ben-Eliezer David Levy (Israeli politician) Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
military branch	Israel Defense Forces
military command	Chief of General Staff Central Command Deputy Chief of General Staff Military Intelligence Directorate Aman Sayeret Matkal
military rank	Aluf
military unit	Sayeret Matkal
office	Minister of Foreign Affairs Chief of General Staff Prime Minister of Israel
party	Independence (Israeli political party) Israeli Labor Party
president	Ezer Weizman Moshe Katsav Chaim Herzog
prime minister	Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu Shimon Peres Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Shamir
service start	1959
service end	1995
successor	Ariel Sharon Moshe Ya'alon Binyamin Ben-Eliezer David Levy (Israeli politician) Amnon Lipkin-Shahak