Yoav Gallant

Yoav Gallant
Yoav Gallant
	Official portrait in 2023
Ministerial roles
2015–2019	Minister of Construction
2019–2020	Minister of Aliyah & Integration
2020–2021	Minister of Education
2022–	Minister of Defense
Faction represented in the Knesset
2015–2019	Kulanu
2019–	Likud
Personal details
Born	8 November 1958 (age 65); Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
Military service
Allegiance	Israel
Branch/service	Israeli Navy
Years of service	1977–1982, 1984–2012
Rank	Major general
Commands	Southern Command
Battles/wars	Second Lebanon War; Operation Cast Lead;

Yoav Gallant (Hebrew: יוֹאָב גָּלַנְטְ‎; born 8 November 1958) is an Israeli politician and retired military general. A member of the Knesset for Likud, he has served as Minister of Defense since 2022.

Gallant is a former commander of the Southern Command in the Israel Defense Forces. In January 2015, he entered politics, joining the new Kulanu party. After being elected to the Knesset, he was appointed Minister of Construction. At the end of 2018, he joined Likud. Gallant also previously held the posts of Minister of Aliyah and Integration and Minister of Education.