In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “member of the knesset”. Today it says “israeli politician currently serving as israel's foreign minister and member of the knesset for the party new h”.
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Gideon Sa'ar (born September 12 , 1966 ) is a member of the Knesset ( Israeli Parliament) from the Likud party. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel , he has a B.A. He was a Staff Sergeant in the IDF . He is currently the chairman of the governing coalition , and the Parliamentary Group Chairman of the Likud faction in the Knesset. He previously served as secretary to the cabinet . He is married and has two children. v t e1
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Gideon Sa'ar ( , born 9 December 1966 as Gideon Moses Serchanski) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud , and as the country's Minister of Education .
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member of the Knesset Gideon Sa'ar ( ; born 9 December 1966) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the political party Likud between 2003 and 2014.He also held the posts of Minister of the Interior and Education Minister .
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Israeli politician member of the Knesset Gideon Moshe Sa'ar ( ; born 9 December 1966) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the political party Likud between 2003 and 2014, and held cabinet posts of Education Minister and then of Minister of the Interior , from 2009 to 2014.In April 2019, he was re-elected to the 21st Knesset .
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Israeli politician Gideon Moshe Sa'ar ( ; born 9 December 1966) is an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Justice between 2021 and 2022.Sa'ar was previously a member of the Knesset for the Likud between 2003 and 2014, Deputy Prime Minister for a brief spell in 2021, as well as holding the posts of Education Minister (2009–2013) and Minister of the Interior (2013–2014).In 2019 Sa'ar returned to the Knesset and unsuccessfully ran against longtime leader Benjamin Netanyahu for the leadership of the Likud; he left the Knesset the following year after establishing a new party called New Hope .
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Israeli politician (born 1966) Gideon Moshe Sa'ar ( Hebrew : גדעון משה סער ; born 9 December 1966) 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) under Benjamin Netanyahu 's governments.After a political hiatus, Sa'ar returned to the Knesset in 2019, and unsuccessfully challenged 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 Gaza 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.
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member of the knesset
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israeli politician currently serving as israel's foreign minister and member of the knesset for the party new h
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