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Gideon Sa’ar

Gideon Sa’ar

Gideon Sa’ar, born in 1966, is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has been Foreign Minister since November 2024.

Born
1966 (59 years), Tel Aviv
Party
Likud
Office
Knesset member 2022–
Education
Tel Aviv University
Political position

Right · Where sources place the party (Likud)
Wikipedia: Likud, a right-wing party
Ideology: right-wing politics, conservatism

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He led the New Hope party until it merged into Likud in March 2025, and he resigned from the Knesset in July 2025 while keeping his ministerial post. He is named among the possible contenders for Prime Minister of Israel in the 2026 election, due on 27 October 2026.

Career

Sa’ar sat in the Knesset for Likud from 2003 to 2014, and was Education Minister from 2009 to 2013 and Interior Minister from 2013 to 2014. He returned to the Knesset in 2019, and was Justice Minister from 2021 to 2022 in the government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid. He became Foreign Minister in 2024. After New Hope merged into Likud in March 2025 he received reserved slots on the party's list.

Offices held
  1. Knesset member 2003–2014, 2019–2020, 2021–2021, 2022–
  2. Justice Minister of Israel 2021–2022
  3. Deputy Prime Minister of Israel 2021–2021
  4. Minister of the Interior of Israel 2013–2014
  5. Cabinet Secretary 1999–1999, 2001–2002

Source: Wikidata

Positions

Wikipedia reports that Sa’ar opposes a two-state solution, quoting him that there is at most a two-state slogan. He advocates long-term arrangements involving Jordan and Egypt, and supports closer ties with regional minorities such as Kurds and Druze.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: Sharon Gabay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Israel after the election?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Gadi EizenkotCentre6647%
Benjamin NetanyahuRight7636%
Naftali BennettRight549%
Avigdor LiebermanRight682%
Ofer Winter551%
Itamar Ben GvirFar right501%
Yair GolanCentre-left64<1%
Yair LapidCentre62<1%
Yossi Cohen65<1%
Yoaz HendelCentre-right51<1%
Ayelet ShakedRight50<1%
Gideon Sa’arRight59<1%

All 19 outcomes

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