Ehud Barak

Ehud Barak (born 1942) is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense in the current government of Israel.[1] A former Israel Defense 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]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/3/Ehud Barak
2. ↑ Ehud Barak, 4 other Knesset members to leave Labor party - CNN

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