Gideon Sa'ar

Gideon Sa'ar
Sa'ar in 2023
Ministerial roles
2009–2013	Minister of Education
2013–2014	Minister of the Interior
2021	Deputy Prime Minister
2021–2022	Minister of Justice
2023–2024	Minister without portfolio
2024	Minister without portfolio
2024–	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Faction represented in the Knesset
2003–2014	Likud
2019–2020	Likud
2021–2022	New Hope
2022–2024	National Unity
2024–	New Hope
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-09) 9 December 1966 (age 58) Tel Aviv, Israel

Gideon Moshe Sa'ar (Hebrew: גדעון משה סער; born 9 December 1966)^[1] is an Israeli politician currently serving as Israel's Foreign Minister and member of the Knesset for the party New Hope.

Sa'ar was first elected to the Knesset as a member of Likud in 2003, serving until 2014. During that period, he served as Education Minister (2009–2013) and Minister of the Interior (2013–2014). After a political hiatus, he returned to the Knesset in 2019, and unsuccessfully challenged Benjamin Netanyahu for the leadership of Likud. He subsequently formed his own party, New Hope, and became Minister of Justice (2021–2022) and Deputy Prime Minister (2021) in the Bennett-Lapid government. In 2022, Sa'ar formed an electoral pact with Benny Gantz's Blue and White faction named National Unity. As a member of the National Unity alliance, he returned to the opposition following the 2022 election.

Following the breakout of the Israel–Hamas war, National Unity joined the governing coalition and Sa'ar was named minister without portfolio and an observer in the war cabinet. In March 2024, Sa'ar withdrew New Hope from National Unity and from the coalition, and resigned as minister, before returning to the government in September 2024. In November 2024 Sa'ar replaced Israel Katz as Foreign Minister.