birth_place party otherroles otherrolesyears partyyears birth_date image article_title ministeryears minister
boujad , morocco alignment union labor party one nation labor party hatnuah zionist leader of the opposition 2005 -- 2006 1988 2004 -- 2012 2013 -- 2015 2015 -- -- 1992 1992 -- 1999 1999 -- 2004 9 march 1952 2006 05 10 peretz cropped.jpg amir peretz
 2006 -- 2007 2006 -- 2007 2013 -- 2014 minister protection of defence deputy prime minister minister of environmental
amir peretz

amir peretz -lrb- ; born armand peretz on 9 march 1952 -rrb- is an israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the knesset for hatnuah .
he previously served as minister of defence , leader of the labor party and minister of environmental protection .
peretz is the former chairman of the histadrut trade union federation and defeated shimon peres in the primary elections for the labor leadership on 9 november 2005 .
he led the labor party to a second place showing in the 2006 elections and became defense minister on 4 may 2006 .
he was defeated by ehud barak for the labor leadership on 12 june 2007 and resigned from the cabinet .
he joined the hatnuah party in december 2012 .
