Ehud Barak

Ehud Barak
10th Prime Minister of Israel
In office 6 July 1999 – 7 March 2001
President	Ezer Weizman Moshe Katsav
Deputy	Yitzhak Mordechai David Levy Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Preceded by	Benjamin Netanyahu
Succeeded by	Ariel Sharon
Minister of Defense
In office 18 June 2007 – 18 March 2013
Prime Minister	Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu
Deputy	Matan Vilnai
Preceded by	Amir Peretz
Succeeded by	Moshe Ya'alon
In office 6 July 1999 – 7 March 2001
Prime Minister	Himself
Deputy	Efraim Sneh
Preceded by	Moshe Arens
Succeeded by	Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 22 November 1995 – 18 June 1996
Prime Minister	Shimon Peres
Deputy	Eli Dayan
Preceded by	Shimon Peres
Succeeded by	David Levy
Chief of General Staff
In office 1 April 1991 – 1 January 1995
President	Chaim Herzog Ezer Weizman
Prime Minister	Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Rabin
Deputy	Amnon Lipkin-Shahak Matan Vilnai
Minister	Moshe Arens Yitzhak Rabin
Preceded by	Dan Shomron
Succeeded by	Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
Personal details
Born	Ehud Brog (1942-02-12) 12 February 1942 (age 75) Mishmar HaSharon, Mandatory Palestine
Political party	Labor Party (until 2011) Independence (from 2011)
Spouse(s)	Nava Cohen (divorced) Nili Priel
Children	3
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem Stanford University
Profession	Military officer
Awards	Medal of Distinguished Service Tzalash (4) Legion of Merit DoD Medal for Distinguished Public Service
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Israeli Defense Forces
Years of service	1959–1995
Rank	Lieutenant general
Unit	Sayeret Matkal
Commands	Chief of General Staff Deputy Chief of General Staff Central Command Military Intelligence Directorate Aman Sayeret Matkal
Battles/wars	Six Day War Yom Kippur War Operation Entebbe

Ehud Barak (Hebrew:  אֵהוּד בָּרָק‎ , 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 Benjamin Netanyahu's second government from 2009 to 2013.

He is the joint most highly decorated soldier in Israel's history, having taken part in many battles and combat missions. 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.

He was born on 12 February 1942 in kibbutz Mishmar HaSharon in what was then Mandatory Palestine. He is the eldest of four sons of Esther (née Godin; 25 June 1914 – 12 August 2013) and Yisrael Mendel Brog (24 August 1910 – 8 February 2002).

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