Ehud Barak

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Ehud Barak (Hebrew:About this sound אהוד ברק Arabic: إيهود باراك‎ Ihood Barak; born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labour Party until January 2011.

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active years end date

1995-01-01, 1996-06-18, 2001-03-07, 2013-03-18

active years start date

1991-04-01, 1995-11-22, 1999-07-06, 2007-06-18

alma mater

Stanford University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

award

Legion of Merit, Israeli military decorations, Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, Medal of Distinguished Service

battle

Yom Kippur War, Operation Entebbe

birth date

1942-02-12

birth name

Ehud Brog

birth place

Mandatory Palestine, Mishmar HaSharon

deputy

Matan Vilnai, Efraim Sneh, Yitzhak Mordechai, Eli Dayan, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, David Levy (Israeli politician), Amnon Lipkin-Shahak

LCCN Id

n/98/96884

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

order in office

Minister of Defense

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

profession

Officer (armed forces)

religion

Judaism

service end year

1995-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

service start year

1959-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

successor

Ariel Sharon, Moshe Ya'alon, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, David Levy (Israeli politician), Amnon Lipkin-Shahak