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| − | '''Ehud Barak''' (b. 1942) is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense in the current government of [[Israel]].<ref>http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/3/Ehud%20Barak</ref> A former [[Israeli Defence Forces]] senior officer, Barak served as [[Prime Minister]] of Israel between May 1999 and March 2001. He | + | '''Ehud Barak''' (b. 1942) is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense in the current government of [[Israel]].<ref>http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/3/Ehud%20Barak</ref> A former [[Israeli Defence Forces]] senior officer, Barak served as [[Prime Minister]] of Israel between May 1999 and March 2001. He was a member of the [[Labour Party (Israel)|Israeli Labor Party]] until January 2011 when he and four other members of the [[Knesset]] left the party to form a new faction called Atzmaut.<ref>[http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-17/world/israel.faction_1_labor-faction-labor-party-coalition-government?_s=PM:WORLD Ehud Barak, 4 other Knesset members to leave Labor party - CNN]</ref> |
Revision as of 17:11, October 20, 2011
Ehud Barak (b. 1942) is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense in the current government of Israel.[1] A former Israeli Defence Forces senior officer, Barak served as Prime Minister of Israel between May 1999 and March 2001. He was a member of the Israeli Labor Party until January 2011 when he and four other members of the Knesset left the party to form a new faction called Atzmaut.[2]