Age 73; decorated Sayeret Matkal veteran and former Shin Bet director (2000-2005) who led the agency to victory over the suicide-bombing campaign of the Second Intifada; senior Likud security voice.
Positions and record
- Directed the Shin Bet 2000-2005, presiding over the dismantling of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror networks during the Second Intifada
- Entered politics with Kadima in 2006; served as Minister of Public Security (2006-09) and briefly as Minister of Home Front Defense (2012-13)
- Joined Likud in 2012 and has been a senior Likud security voice ever since
- Currently Minister of Agriculture and Food Security; has defended Israeli farmers against sweeping dairy-import reforms pushed by the Finance Ministry
- Sits on the inner security cabinet and was floated in early 2025 as a candidate to head the National Security Ministry and the Shin Bet
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Avi Dichter, The State of Israel. https://thestateofisrael.com/mk/avi-dichter