Haim Ramon is a veteran Israeli politician, having served as a legislator for 22 years, primarily under the Labor Party. Among his various roles, he served as leader of the Labor Party caucus in the Knesset; as chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee; and as a cabinet minister under Israeli prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert. Ramon was also the national chair of the Histadrut, Israel’s primary trade union federation.
